無量壽經連義述文贊 2.13

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經曰「無量諸佛」至「而皆已立」者，述云：第二、修勝分行。有二：此初、修內德也。行入佛境，故共護念，念善令生長、護惡使殄滅故。有說：所住即真法界，《攝論》所說十法界也。所立即神通力，《涅槃》云「能建大義」也。此恐不然。能建大義既大涅槃利物之義，必非自利故。有說：所住即空無相理，所立即十二分教。此亦不然。世俗之事應如勝義，亦佛所住故。有說：所住即證行，所立即教行，法界諸度是佛所立故。此亦不然。違《法華》佛自住大乘義故。大乘必通教理行果，諸度既行，應非所立故。今即佛所住者即二諦之旨，菩薩逐佛而既悟，故云已得住。大聖立者即三藏之詮，大士亦達詮之意趣，故云皆已立。佛與大聖，即言異體同，故互稱而已。

The sūtra says: from "immeasurable Buddhas" up to "yet all have already established." The commentary states: Second, cultivating practices of the superior level. There are two: this initial part is cultivating internal virtues. Since their practice enters the Buddha's realm, they are mutually protected and kept in mind, because minding the good causes it to grow and guarding against evil causes it to be eradicated. Some say: what they abide in is the true Dharma-realm, the ten Dharma-realms expounded in the *Mahāyānasaṃgraha*; what they establish is supernormal power, as the *Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra* says, "able to establish the great purpose." This is probably not so. Since being able to establish the great purpose is the purpose of great nirvāṇa in benefiting beings, it is definitely not self-benefit. Some say: what they abide in is the principle of emptiness and signlessness, and what they establish is the twelvefold canon. This is also not so. Conventional phenomena should be like ultimate truth, which is also that wherein the Buddha abides. Some say: what they abide in is practice of realization, and what they establish is practice of teaching, because the Dharma-realm and the perfections are what the Buddha established. This is also not so; it contradicts the meaning in the *Lotus Sūtra* that the Buddha himself abides in the Great Vehicle. The Great Vehicle must encompass teaching, principle, practice, and fruition; since the perfections are practice, they should not be 'what is established'. Now then: that wherein the Buddha abides is the tenet of the two truths; since the bodhisattvas awaken following the Buddha, it is said they 'have already attained abiding'. What the Great Sage establishes is the explanation of the three baskets; the great beings also comprehend the purport of the explanation, hence it is said they 'have all already established'. 'Buddha' and 'Great Sage' are different terms for the same entity, merely used interchangeably.