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大般涅槃經義記 5.9

大般涅槃經義記 5.9

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Classical Chinese

5.9

問曰:若彼是病行者,何故在於〈梵行品〉說?釋言:一品備論多法,諸經同有,不足可怪。又問:若彼兼論病行,何故偏名〈梵行品〉乎?此例亦多,如上〈如來性品〉中具明多法,題章偏名〈如來性品〉,此亦似彼,但經立品差別種種,或有從初、或復就後、或有據中、或復當相,非可一定。

Question: If that is illness practice, why is it spoken of in the 'Brahmacaryā Practice Chapter'? Answer: A single chapter fully discussing many dharmas is common to all sūtras, and is nothing to wonder at. Another question: If it also discusses illness practice, why is it exclusively named the 'Brahmacaryā Practice Chapter'? Examples of this are also numerous; just as the 'Tathāgata-Nature Chapter' above fully explains many dharmas, yet the chapter title is exclusively named 'Tathāgata-Nature Chapter', this is also similar to that. The establishment of chapters in sūtras has various differences: some take their name from the beginning, some from the end, some based on the middle, and some according to their predominant characteristic; it cannot be fixed.

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