[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) › 13.4 # 大般涅槃經疏 13.4 大般涅槃經疏 13.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.4) 六卷稱隨喜品，古本稱憂悲歎頌品。六卷取迦葉見純陀修成菩薩道我亦隨喜，古本取佛受純陀供即入涅槃憂悲歎頌。今取何義以題品目？有二解：文中實無大眾相問之言及以大眾問佛之事，但有化佛受大眾供，即為大眾所問之境。二云如來今日受我供已當入涅槃，我等當復更供養誰？乃是大眾更相慰問。觀師云：迦葉發問，元為大眾；佛是所問。能問所問意在茲品，從此得名，故言大眾所問品。今明文中不載問詞，據答顯問。上明常住不變，今示涅槃之相。相與說反眾問斯義，佛以偈答畢竟常住不入涅槃，從答顯問，故言大眾問品。 > The six-fascicle \[version\] calls it the "Chapter on Rejoicing in Accordance," and ancient texts call it the "Chapter on Sorrow, Grief, Lamentation, and Eulogies." > The six-fascicle \[version\] takes Kāśyapa seeing Cunda cultivate and accomplish the bodhisattva path and \[saying\] "I too rejoice in accordance"; the ancient texts take the Buddha accepting Cunda's offering and then entering nirvāṇa with sorrow, grief, lamentation, and eulogies. > Now, what meaning is taken to entitle the chapter? > There are two explanations: In the text, there are actually no words of mutual questioning by the great assembly, nor the event of the great assembly questioning the Buddha; there is only the transformed Buddha accepting the offerings of the great assembly, which serves as the object of inquiry by the great assembly. > Secondly, it is said: "The Tathāgata today, having accepted our offerings, will enter nirvāṇa; whom shall we further make offerings to?" This is the great assembly mutually consoling and inquiring of one another. > Master Guān said: Kāśyapa raised questions originally on behalf of the great assembly; the Buddha is the one questioned. Both the inquirer and the questioned direct their intent toward this chapter, deriving its name from this; hence it is called the "Chapter on the Questions Asked by the Great Assembly." > Now we clarify that although the text does not record the phrasing of the question, the question is revealed on the basis of the answer. Above, eternal abiding and changelessness were explained; now, the characteristics of nirvāṇa are manifested. Since the characteristics and the teaching are contrary, the assembly questioned this meaning; the Buddha answered with verses \[explaining that he is\] ultimately eternally abiding and does not enter nirvāṇa. The question is revealed from the answer; therefore it is called the "Chapter on the Questions of the Great Assembly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.3) - [Next: 13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.5) - [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.13.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.13.4) · Pramāṇa