[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) › 49.6 # 大般涅槃經集解 49.6 大般涅槃經集解 49.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.49.6) 案僧亮曰：涅槃雖有多義，會是無苦之稱，得息苦者皆得名焉。寶亮曰：今借十譬以辨大小之相異。正以無苦樂，故名涅槃也。若得少食以除飢苦，亦名涅槃，但不得名大涅槃。如是十種譬，其義一例，小海亦名海，大海亦名海；若除少苦名小涅槃，若除苦都盡名大涅槃。其文中自廣彰。云二乘人八萬劫乃至一萬劫名小涅槃者，上乘三處明皆言到佛果，今此中說名小涅槃。其義云何？若欲於我前，不言行八萬劫竟名小。未行八萬劫之前，隨其所得住處，以此義為小；及其行八萬劫竟得佛，由名大涅槃。而此旨於一部之中雖復說異，亦莫測其然，要隨義而安也。 > Sengliang comments: Although nirvāṇa has many meanings, it converges on the designation of being free from suffering; all who attain the cessation of suffering receive this name. Baoliang comments: Here ten metaphors are borrowed to distinguish the different characteristics of great and small. It is precisely through the absence of suffering and pleasure that it is called nirvāṇa. If one obtains a little food to dispel the suffering of hunger, it is also called nirvāṇa, but it cannot be called mahānirvāṇa. In these ten metaphors, the meaning is uniform: a small sea is also called a sea, and a great ocean is also called a sea. If one dispels a little suffering, it is called minor nirvāṇa; if one dispels suffering entirely, it is called mahānirvāṇa. Within the text it is naturally clarified in detail. Saying that persons of the two vehicles \[practicing for\] eighty thousand kalpas down to ten thousand kalpas is called minor nirvāṇa: in the three places explained above it was always said that they reach the Buddha fruit; now here it is called minor nirvāṇa. What is its meaning? If spoken before me, it does not mean that practicing for eighty thousand kalpas to the end is called minor. Before having practiced for eighty thousand kalpas, according to the dwelling place they have attained, in this sense it is minor; when they have practiced for eighty thousand kalpas to the end and attain Buddhahood, it is still called mahānirvāṇa. Although this intention is explained differently within a single work, its nature cannot be fathomed; one must simply settle it in accordance with the meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 49.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.49.5) - [Next: 49.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.49.7) - [Up: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.49) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.49.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.49.6) · Pramāṇa