[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) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 26.37 # 大般涅槃經集解 26.37 大般涅槃經集解 26.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.26.37) 案僧亮曰：次答云何而得近最勝無上道也。上云自然得成，今轉近為得。但說五人者，以斷結定故。凡夫定位，無劫數之限也。八萬劫者，後云得菩提心，亦云八萬劫住處，是小涅槃，似是菩提心成就耳。思惟煩惱，小乘斷之，不必在菩薩。劫數如此，故知偏愛易斷、等悲難成也。法瑤曰：因表如來無病得命病者，心之義也。二乘有病，不能發心，要從佛聞法也。夫利根雖不從佛聞法，而自發心。知此二人所以得近無上道也。曇讖曰：五種人者，從須陀洹乃至緣覺。以一果准兩地，如是以初地二地准初果，乃至九地准緣覺也。 > Sengliang notes: Next he answers 'How does one attain proximity to the supreme, unsurpassed path?' Above he said 'naturally able to attain'; now he shifts 'proximity' to 'attaining.' He speaks only of five persons because the severance of fetters is fixed. When ordinary beings enter fixed stages, there is no limit of kalpa counts. 'Eighty thousand kalpas' refers to what is later called attaining the bodhimind; it is also called the dwelling place for eighty thousand kalpas, which is lesser nirvāṇa, resembling the completion of the bodhimind. Delusions of thought are severed by the Small Vehicle, not necessarily in the bodhisattva. Because the kalpa counts are like this, one knows that biased love is easy to sever, whereas equal compassion is difficult to accomplish. Fayao says: Through expressing that the Tathāgata is free from illness, he attains \[an explanation of\] life and illness, which pertains to the mind. The two vehicles have illness and cannot arouse the mind; they must hear the Dharma from the Buddha. Those of sharp faculties, even though they do not hear the Dharma from the Buddha, naturally arouse the mind. One knows why these two kinds of persons attain proximity to the unsurpassed path. Dharmakṣema says: The five kinds of persons are from srotāpanna up to pratyekabuddha. Taking one fruit to correspond to two grounds, thus the first and second grounds correspond to the first fruit, up to the ninth ground corresponding to the pratyekabuddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.26.36) - [Next: 26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.26.38) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.26.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.26.37) · Pramāṇa