[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) › [阿彌陀經通贊疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758) › 1.41 # 阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.41 阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.41) 贊曰：第三說教主也。梵云佛陀，此略云佛，有慧之主，唐言覺者。覺有三義：一、自覺勝凡夫，凡夫不自覺故；二、覺他勝二乘，彼不覺他故；三、覺行圓滿勝諸菩薩，菩薩雖復修於二覺行，未圓滿故。佛地論云：具一切智、一切種智，能自開覺亦能開覺一切有情，如睡夢覺、如蓮華開，故名為佛。准諸經梵本皆稱本師名薄伽梵，佛教安置以此一言含眾德故，飜譯之主意存省略，隨方生善故稱佛名。 > The Praise says: The third \[point\] is the master who expounds the teaching. In Sanskrit it is \*buddha\*, here abbreviated as \*fo\*, the master possessing wisdom; in the Tang language this means 'the awakened one.' 'Awakened' has three meanings: first, self-awakened, which surpasses ordinary beings, because ordinary beings are not self-awakened; second, awakening others, which surpasses the two vehicles, because they do not awaken others; third, the perfection of awakened practice, which surpasses the bodhisattvas, because although bodhisattvas cultivate the practices of the two awakenings, they have not yet perfected them. The \*Buddhabhūmi-śāstra\* says: 'Endowed with all-knowledge and the knowledge of all aspects, able to awaken oneself and also able to awaken all sentient beings, like awakening from a dream, like a lotus flower blossoming; hence one is called Buddha.' According to the Sanskrit texts of the various sūtras, the fundamental teacher is uniformly designated as Bhagavān; in the Buddhist teachings this was established because this single word encompasses many virtues. The master translator intended brevity and named him 'Buddha' so as to engender goodness according to the region. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.40) - [Next: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.42) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758~en-mt.1.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.65) — Classical Chinese - [觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1772.1.32) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.41) · Pramāṇa