[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) › 61.4 # 大般涅槃經集解 61.4 大般涅槃經集解 61.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.61.4) 案僧亮曰：上說愚智二譬，未說二人所行。今說身戒心慧是智者所行，以證道能轉障也。僧宗曰：此下廣明二種善惡業相也，謂人用如此業則轉，用如此業則不轉也。寶亮曰：此下第三廣上二人所行之法也。將明所行法故，一往先舉二人也。就此中明清淨梵行凡有三種也。若依今日經教修身戒心慧，一切業悉不定。修身者，作四念處觀。修戒者，淨身口意，得正語正業戒。修身者，得釋定。修慧者，入無漏解。若修此四法，則轉重業而輕受。論此義實難解，若修相善，遏重用輕理亦可然；而今修此四法乃是無漏，初無漏力自能治重者，餘輕業非己家之力，自人天中受，何轉之有？理實無輕，今有此言，為於愚人。愚人既聞此之說，便欲勤修。若修此四成就，則重者先遣也。餘業在人天中受者，本是向者重家之眷屬。凡作此重業要有方便，非忽然頓重。若使無向四法，莫問輕重，並受地獄報。今既修四力，所餘輕者不能獨得重報，於人天輕受，故云轉重為輕。轉輕為重義亦然。輕業本應得人天，既無心戒力，遂將此業在三塗中受，亦非輕業得重處也。 > Sengliang states: "Above, he explained the two similes of the fool and the wise man, but had not yet explained the practice of these two people. Now he explains that body, precepts, mind, and wisdom are what the wise man practices, in order to prove that the path can transform obstacles." Sengzong states: "From here down, he clarifies in detail the two kinds of wholesome and unwholesome karmic characteristics, meaning that when a person acts with such karma it is transformed, and when they act with such karma it is not transformed." Baoliang states: "From here down is the third section, elaborating on the practices cultivated by the two people mentioned above. Wishing to clarify the practiced teachings, he first briefly mentions the two people. In this context, he explains that pure conduct is of three kinds in total. If one relies on today's sūtra teaching to cultivate body, precepts, mind, and wisdom, all karma becomes unfixed. To cultivate the body is to practice the contemplation of the four applications of mindfulness. To cultivate precepts is to purify body, speech, and mind, attaining the precepts of right speech and right action. To cultivate the mind is to attain samādhi. To cultivate wisdom is to enter uncontaminated understanding. If one cultivates these four dharmas, one transforms heavy karma to be experienced lightly. Discussing this principle is truly difficult to comprehend. If one cultivates relative goodness, the principle of suppressing the heavy and using the light is plausible; but now, cultivating these four dharmas is uncontaminated. Since the power of the initial uncontaminated \[realisation\] can naturally cure the heavy, the remaining light karma is not within its own power and is naturally experienced in the human and heavenly realms—what transformation is there? In ultimate truth, there is no 'light'; the present words are spoken for the foolish person. When the foolish person hears this teaching, they will then wish to practice diligently. If their cultivation of these four is perfected, the heavy is eliminated first. As for the remaining karma experienced among humans and devas, it was originally an adjunct to the heavy karma mentioned earlier. Performing such heavy karma necessarily requires preliminary expedients; it does not suddenly become heavy all at once. If one lacked the aforementioned four dharmas, regardless of whether it is light or heavy, all of it would result in hell retribution. Now that one has cultivated the power of the four, the remaining light karma cannot produce heavy retribution on its own and is lightly experienced among humans and devas; hence it is said that 'the heavy is transformed into the light.' The meaning of 'transforming the light into the heavy' is likewise. Light karma should originally have resulted in the human and heavenly realms; but lacking the power of mind and precepts, one ultimately experiences this karma in the three miserable destinies—it is also not that light karma becomes a heavy realm." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.61.3) - [Next: 61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.61.5) - [Up: 61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.61) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.61.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.61.4) · Pramāṇa