[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) › 27.9 # 大般涅槃經疏 27.9 大般涅槃經疏 27.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.27.9) 次「世尊若善果」下，第二，舉四人惡業無窮，云何能得菩提？「佛言」下答，又為二：一讚問、二答。答又二：初緣起、次正答。初歎業力深，是答問緣起。然佛十力亦無優降，特是宜爾。又業輕重、定不定等難知，餘人不解，故稱為大。「有諸眾生」下，正答，又四：一開權、二顯實、三釋權、四釋實。初開權者，為不信人唱言決定。「一切作業」下，第二顯實。業法不同，有輕有重、有定有不定，安得一向決定？「或有人」下，釋權。只緣邪者不信，為其定說。「或重業」下，釋實，又二：先出愚智二人。從「一切眾生」下，二雙出二轉。智轉重為輕、定為不定，愚轉輕為重、不定為定。 > Next, from "World-Honoured One, if the wholesome fruit" onward is the second \[part\], which cites the inexhaustible unwholesome karma of four persons: how could they attain bodhi? From "The Buddha said" onward is the answer, which also has two \[parts\]: first, praising the question; second, answering. The answer also has two parts: first, the causal occasion; next, the direct answer. First, praising the profound power of karma is the causal occasion for answering the question. Yet, the Buddha's ten powers also have no superiority or inferiority; it is simply appropriate here. Furthermore, whether karma is light or heavy, determinate or indeterminate, and so forth, is difficult to fathom and cannot be understood by others; hence it is called "great." From "There are sentient beings" onward is the direct answer, which again has four parts: first, unfolding the provisional; second, revealing the real; third, explaining the provisional; fourth, explaining the real. First, unfolding the provisional means declaring it to be determinate for the sake of those who lack faith. From "All performed karma" onward is the second, revealing the real. The natures of karma differ: there is light and heavy, determinate and indeterminate; how could it be uniformly determinate? From "Or there may be a person" onward explains the provisional. It is solely because those of perverse views lack faith that he spoke determinately for them. From "Or heavy karma" onward explains the real, which again has two parts: first, pointing out the two kinds of persons—the foolish and the wise. From "All sentient beings" onward is the second, pointing out both kinds of transformation. The wise transform the heavy into the light and the determinate into the indeterminate; the foolish transform the light into the heavy and the indeterminate into the determinate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.27.8) - [Next: 27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.27.10) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767~en-mt.27.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1767.27.9) · Pramāṇa