[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [無量壽經連義述文贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748) › 1.9 # 無量壽經連義述文贊 1.9 無量壽經連義述文贊 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.1.9) 經曰「一切大聖神通已達」者，述云：此第三、歎德也。一切者，即普及盡際之言。大聖者，即會理之德，名聞凡聖故。論云「心得自在到彼岸，即其大也。」神通者，即該六通之名，無壅叵測之義也。已者竟也，達者即作證義，皆於六通究竟作證故。有說：阿難既在學地位，雖未得通而有勝德，亦名已達。非也。阿難為人，非凡所知。其實即經言「迹雖初果，初果亦伏欲障，獲根本定。」縱無漏盡，既發五通，故從多言已達，都無致怪。 > Regarding the sūtra text: "all great sages who had attained supernormal powers": The commentary states: This is third, praising their virtues. "All" is a word indicating universality and reaching the utmost bounds. "Great sages" refers to the virtue of tallying with ultimate truth, being known among both ordinary beings and sages. The treatise says: "The mind obtaining mastery and reaching the other shore—that is their greatness." "Supernormal powers" is a general term encompassing the six supernormal knowledges, with the meaning of being unobstructed and unfathomable. "Had" means finished, and "attained" means realization, because they have all conclusively realized the six supernormal knowledges. Someone says: Since Ānanda is still at the stage of a trainee (śaikṣa), although he has not yet attained the supernormal powers, he has superior virtues, so he is also said to have "already attained" them. This is not correct. What kind of person Ānanda is cannot be known by ordinary people. In truth, as the sūtra says: "Although in outward traces he is at the first fruit, the first fruit also subdues the obstacles of desire and obtains the fundamental dhyāna." Even if he lacks the extinction of outflows, since he has manifested the five supernormal knowledges, speaking in terms of the majority that they have "already attained" them is in no way strange. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.1.10) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748~en-mt.1.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1748.1.9) · Pramāṇa