[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) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 1.7 # 大般涅槃經義記 1.7 大般涅槃經義記 1.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.7) 大義有六：一常故名大，故下文言「大名為常」；二勝故名大，如世勝人名為大人，故下文言「是人若能安住正法，名人中勝」，勝故名大，涅槃如是；三廣故名大，故下文言「大名廣博」，體窮法界，名性廣博；四多故名大，故下文言「譬如大藏，多諸珍異」，涅槃如是，多有種種妙法珍寶，故名為大；五高故名大，故下文言「譬如大山，人不能上，故名大山」，涅槃如是，凡夫二乘乃至十住不能到故，名之為大；六深故名大，如海淵深，名為大海，故下文言「大者名為不可思議，淵深難測，名不可思」。大體不同，略有三種：一者體大，謂性淨涅槃，體窮真性，義充法界；二者相大，謂方便涅槃，過無不盡，德無不備；三者用大，謂應化涅槃，妙用曠周，巧化無盡。故下文言「大般涅槃能建大義」，義猶用也，具斯三義，是故言大。 > The meaning of 'great' has six aspects: First, it is called great because it is eternal; hence the text below states, 'Great means eternal.' Second, it is called great because it is superior, just as a superior person in the world is called a great person; hence the text below states, 'If this person can securely abide in the correct Dharma, they are called superior among people'—being superior, it is called great, and nirvāṇa is likewise. Third, it is called great because it is vast; hence the text below states, 'Great means vast and expansive'—its essence exhausts the dharmadhātu, hence its nature is called vast and expansive. Fourth, it is called great because it is manifold; hence the text below states, 'Like a great storehouse containing many precious and rare things'—nirvāṇa is likewise, possessing many kinds of wonderful dharmas and precious jewels, hence it is called great. Fifth, it is called great because it is lofty; hence the text below states, 'Like a great mountain that people cannot ascend, hence it is called a great mountain'—nirvāṇa is likewise, because ordinary beings, the two vehicles, and even up to the ten abodes cannot reach it, hence it is called great. Sixth, it is called great because it is deep, just as the ocean is unfathomably deep and is called the great ocean; hence the text below states, 'Great means inconceivable; unfathomably deep and difficult to measure, it is called inconceivable.' As for the substance of the great, it differs and is briefly of three kinds: first, the greatness of essence, which refers to the naturally pure nirvāṇa, whose essence exhausts the true nature and whose meaning fills the dharmadhātu; second, the greatness of characteristics, which refers to the nirvāṇa of expedient means, where faults are utterly exhausted and virtues are fully complete; third, the greatness of function, which refers to the nirvāṇa of manifestation and transformation, whose wonderful function is vast and all-pervading, and whose skillful transformation is inexhaustible. Hence the text below states: 'The Mahāparinirvāṇa can establish great meaning'—meaning is equivalent to function; possessing these three meanings, it is therefore called 'great.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.6) - [Next: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.8) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.1.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.7) · Pramāṇa