[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) › 2.22 # 大般涅槃經義記 2.22 大般涅槃經義記 2.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.2.22) 第二請中，初先立喻，「如人鬼持」，比丘喻己為無明縛；「遇良呪師，呪力除差」，喻佛能救；是中少一身得安樂。下約求佛，「如來亦爾」，合良呪師；「為聲聞」等，求佛同前呪力除鬼；「令得安」下，合同病人身得安樂。此舉波若及與解脫等於法身。如世伊字約喻別法，大乘三事如世伊字，小乘三事或縱、或並、或復別異，不似伊字。今言如伊，即顯不同小乘三事。 > In the second request, first an analogy is established: "Just as a person possessed by a ghost", the bhikṣus compare themselves to being bound by ignorance; "encounters an excellent spell-master whose mantra power removes the illness and cures it", an analogy for the Buddha's ability to save; here, "the person attaining peace and joy" is missing \[in the phrasing\]. Below, drawing on this, they beseech the Buddha: "The Tathāgata is also like this" corresponds to the excellent spell-master; "For the sake of the śrāvakas" and so forth beseeches the Buddha, just like the aforementioned mantra power, to expel the ghost; from "so that they attain peace" onward corresponds to the sick person attaining peace and joy. This mentions prajñā and liberation as equal to the dharmakāya. Just as the worldly letter 'i' serves as an analogy for distinct dharmas, the three elements of the Mahāyāna are like the worldly letter 'i', whereas the three elements of the Hīnayāna are either vertical, parallel, or separate, not resembling the letter 'i'. Now saying that it is like the letter 'i' shows that it is not like the three elements of the Hīnayāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.2.23) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.2.22) · Pramāṇa