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# 大般涅槃經集解 36.55

大般涅槃經集解 36.55

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.36.55)

案僧亮曰：此下將欲答難，先顯祕密。凡所說法皆為度人，非淺識所量，不應圖度應爾不應爾也。先舉因緣是一，而為眾生故，凡有所說多少不同，唯佛能知，是意密也。除生一法者，薩遮尼揵子，父是梵志、母是尼揵，以其不如法生故，為此護其意，不說生也。

> Sengliang states: From here downward, being about to answer the objections, the secret \[action\] is first revealed. Whatever Dharma is preached is entirely for the sake of saving people; it is not what shallow intelligence can measure, and one should not speculate whether it ought to be so or ought not to be so. First, he points out that although the causal conditions are one, yet for the sake of sentient beings, whatever is preached varies in quantity; only a Buddha can know it, which is the secret of intention. As for 'except for the one dharma of birth', Saccaka the Nirgrantha's father was a brāhmaṇa and his mother was a Nirgrantha; because he was born unlawfully, for his sake, protecting his feelings, birth was not spoken of.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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