[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) › 1.64 # 阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.64 阿彌陀經通贊疏 1.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.64) 贊曰：第三悟空知幻對。摩訶俱瑟恥羅，此云大膝，膝蓋大故，俱絺羅訛也。此舍利弗舅氏，曾與妹論義數見墮負，發憤遠遊博學道藝。業就歸國，妹已顏衰、甥已披剃，辭妹入寺覓佛論談，頂戴火盆身被鐵葉，髮毛至地甲長尺餘，嘯月呼風來入佛會，心懷憍慢傍若無人，乃見世尊，語世尊曰：「攝我𡖦甥何法教導？」便索論義。世尊曰：「汝以何法為宗？」彼答曰：「我以不受一切法為宗。」世尊曰：「不受一切法之言，已是受也。」雖乃墮負，慢心未息。世尊乃現神力，令其鐵葉束身火盆燒頂，悶絕乃伏。投心懺謝，投佛出家，呼之善來，僧儀閑雅已證羅漢。因悟空理得於道果，名曰悟空。此尊者博通道術遍攬經書，辯若傾江詞同貫玉，一言悟道五蘊知空，忻淨土以受生，詣祇園而聽法，故云悟空也。 > The Praise says: The third \[pair\] is the match of Awakening to Emptiness and Knowing Illusion. Mahākauṣṭhila means in Chinese "Big Knees," because his kneecaps were large; "Juchila" is an error. He was the maternal uncle of Śāriputra. Once he debated doctrine with his sister and repeatedly suffered defeat. Indignant, he traveled far to extensively study doctrines and arts. When his studies were completed, he returned to his home country; his sister's appearance had already withered, and his nephew had already shaved his head \[as a monk\]. Taking leave of his sister, he entered the monastery to seek out the Buddha for a debate. Wearing a fire-pot on his head and iron plates clad over his body, his hair reaching the ground and his fingernails over a foot long, howling at the moon and calling the wind, he entered the Buddha's assembly, his mind harboring arrogance as though no one were around. Upon seeing the World-Honoured One, he said to the World-Honoured One: "You have taken in my nephew; with what teaching do you guide him?" He immediately demanded a debate. The World-Honoured One asked: "What Dharma do you take as your tenet?" He replied: "I take not accepting any phenomenon as my tenet." The World-Honoured One said: "The words 'not accepting any phenomenon'—are they already accepted?" Although he was defeated, his arrogant mind was not yet extinguished. The World-Honoured One then displayed his spiritual power, causing the iron plates to bind his body and the fire-pot to burn his head; falling unconscious, he finally submitted. Turning his mind to repent and apologize, he turned to the Buddha to leave the household. \[The Buddha\] called him, "Welcome!" His monastic deportment became relaxed and refined, and he realized the stage of an arhat. Because he awakened to the principle of emptiness and attained the fruit of the Way, he is named "Awakening to Emptiness." This Venerable One thoroughly mastered doctrines and arts, widely examined sūtras and treatises; his eloquence was like an overturned river, his words like strung jade. With a single word he awakened to the Way, knowing the five aggregates to be empty; delighting in the Pure Land to receive birth, he went to Jetavana to listen to the Dharma. Hence he is called "awakening to emptiness." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.63) - [Next: 1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.65) - [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.1.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.105) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.64) · Pramāṇa