[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) › [涅槃玄義發源機要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766) › 4.6 # 涅槃玄義發源機要 4.6 涅槃玄義發源機要 4.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766.4.6) 二、「余乃」下，沒後思愆。師既已滅，斯經旨趣莫得而聞。省己宿愆，於是躬事塔廟，口誦斯經，以期未來值師聞法也。掃墓願值師，誦偈期聞法。西土塔婆，即此方墳墓也。掃灑墳塔，種植林樹。以墳必樹，故含文嘉曰：「天子墳高三仞，樹以松。諸侯半之，樹以栢。大夫入尺，樹以槐。庶人無墳，樹以楊柳。」更服灰場者，更，平聲，謂常更換淨服，於塔所誦經也。故《法華》云「著新淨衣，內外俱淨」也。或作「伏」字者，非。如來闍維之地，號曰灰場。今大師土葬而言灰場者，用其故實耳。亦猶《法華疏．序》云「晚還台嶺，仍值鶴林。」鶴林之言，例同灰場也。石偈，即此經也。以〈聖行品〉中雪山大士既獲半偈，乃於草木石壁書之，以示來者，故名此經為石偈也。疏主童年誦經已半，知此誦其全部非只一偈也。思𮘧畢世者，則是思往世之𮘧成今法障，遂乃身掃口誦，隱居求志，期盡此身，故云畢世。 > Second, from "I thereupon" below, he contemplates his faults after \[the master's\] demise. The master having already passed into extinction, the principles of this sūtra could not be heard. Reflecting on his own past misdeeds, he thereupon personally attended to the stūpa and temple, and recited this sūtra aloud, in the hope of meeting his master and hearing the Dharma in the future. Sweeping the tomb, he wished to encounter his master; reciting the verses, he hoped to hear the Dharma. The \*stūpa\* of the western land is the burial mound of this land. He swept and sprinkled the tomb-stūpa, and planted groves of trees. Because trees must be planted at a tomb, the \*Hanwenjia\* says: "A Son of Heaven's mound is three fathoms high, planted with pines. That of feudal lords is half of that, planted with cypresses. That of grand masters is eight feet, planted with scholar-trees. Commoners have no mound, and are planted with poplars and willows." As for "changing clothes at the ash-field": "changing" (\*gēng\*) is read in the level tone, meaning constantly changing into clean clothes to recite the sūtra at the stūpa site. Thus the \*Lotus Sūtra\* says: "Putting on fresh, clean robes, being pure both inside and outside." Some texts write the character "prostrating" (\*fú\*), which is incorrect. The cremation site of a Tathāgata is called the "ash-field." Now, although the Great Master had an earth burial, speaking of an "ash-field" merely applies this precedent. It is just like the Preface to the \*Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra\*, which says: "Late in life he returned to the peaks of Tiantai, where he met the crane grove." The expression "crane grove" follows the same pattern as "ash-field." The "stone verses" are this very sūtra. Because in the "Chapter on Sacred Conduct" the Mahāsattva of the Snowy Mountains, having received half a verse, inscribed it upon grass, trees, and stone walls to display it to future generations, this sūtra is therefore named the "stone verses." Since the commentary's author had already recited half the sūtra in his childhood, we know that here he recited its entirety, not just a single verse. "Pondering faults for the rest of my life": he considered that his faults from past lifetimes had formed his present hindrances to the Dharma; thereupon, personally sweeping and reciting aloud, living in seclusion to pursue his aspirations, he resolved to end his life in this way; hence he says "for the rest of my life." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766.4.5) - [Next: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766.4.7) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766~en-mt.4.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1766.4.6) · Pramāṇa