[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) › [大般涅槃經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767) › 13.26 # 大般涅槃經疏 13.26 大般涅槃經疏 13.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.26) 次釋名者，文云「聖者諸佛菩薩之所行故」，故名聖行。此含兩意：菩薩所行即次第行，諸佛所行即非次第。乃是復有一行是如來行，通稱聖行，其義未顯，今當別釋。何者？聖名為正，菩薩所行前淺後深，真不知俗、俗不知中，偏而非正，但通稱聖行，未為別意。若復有一行是如來行，一行一切行、一智一切智，故知圓行名正名聖。故上文云「是大乘經名為佛乘」。如是佛乘最勝最上，圓根性人行於佛乘，修如來行。《法華》云「佛子行道已，來世成正覺。」即此義也。經文有兩：通釋、別釋。人多從通，不識別意。今從別釋名，故名聖行。梵行者，梵者淨也，涉有同塵塵不能染，就功能立名。天行者，就諦理立名。嬰兒行者，就譬喻立名。病行者，就所治立名。如來行者，就圓人立名。通稱行者，不住名行，自證不著、令他不住，故稱為行。文列五行一行，而聖行在初，從初立名，故稱聖行品。 > Next, explaining the title: the text says, "'Noble' means that it is practiced by the Buddhas and bodhisattvas," and therefore it is called "noble practice." This contains two meanings: what bodhisattvas practice is sequential practice; what Buddhas practice is non-sequential. There is also one practice which is the Tathāgata's practice; though it is generally called noble practice, its meaning has not yet been made manifest, so it will now be explained separately. Why? "Noble" is defined as correct. What bodhisattvas practice is shallow before and deep later; the ultimate does not know the conventional, and the conventional does not know the middle; being one-sided rather than correct, it is only generally called noble practice, not yet having the specific meaning. If there is further one practice that is the Tathāgata's practice, one practice is all practices, and one wisdom is all wisdom; therefore we know that the round practice is called correct and called noble. Thus the text above says: "This Mahāyāna sūtra is called the Buddha vehicle." Such a Buddha vehicle is the most supreme and unexcelled; persons of round capacity practice the Buddha vehicle and cultivate the Tathāgata's practice. The Lotus Sūtra says: "When the Buddha's children have practiced the path, in future ages they will accomplish right awakening." This is precisely the meaning. The sūtra text has two \[explanations\]: general explanation and specific explanation. People mostly follow the general, failing to recognize the specific meaning. Now, following the specific explanation to establish the title, it is called "noble practice." Pure practice: pure means undefiled; entering into existence and sharing the dust, yet the dust cannot defile them; the name is established with respect to function. Heavenly practice: the name is established with respect to the principle of truth. Infant-like practice: the name is established with respect to a metaphor. Practice with illness: the name is established with respect to what is treated. Tathāgata's practice: the name is established with respect to the person of the round \[teaching\]. They are all called "practice" because not dwelling is called practice: being unattached to one's own realization and causing others not to dwell, it is therefore called practice. The text lists the five practices and the one practice, and noble practice is at the beginning; the name is established from the beginning, hence it is called the "Chapter on Noble Practices." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.25) - [Next: 13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.27) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767~en-mt.13.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.26) · Pramāṇa