[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 4.16 # 注維摩詰經 4.16 注維摩詰經 4.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.16) 肇曰：發無上心、修不退行，受記成道，彌勒致教之本意也。今將明平等大道以無行為因、無上正覺以無得為果，故先質彌勒。明無記無得然後大濟群生，一萬物之致，以弘菩提莫二之道也。夫有生則有記，無生則無記，故推斥三世以何生而得記乎？ > \[Seng\]zhao says: Generating the unsurpassed mind, cultivating non-retrogressing practice, and receiving the prophecy to realize the Way were the original purpose of Maitreya's delivering the teaching. Now, wishing to clarify that the great impartial Way has non-practice as its cause and unsurpassed right awakening has non-attainment as its fruit, he first questions Maitreya. Once it is clarified that there is no prophecy and no attainment, then he can broadly deliver the multitude of beings and unify the ultimate purport of the myriad things, so as to propagate the non-dual path of bodhi. Where there is birth, there is prophecy; where there is no birth, there is no prophecy. Therefore he examines and interrogates the three times: by means of which birth did you obtain the prophecy? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.15) - [Next: 4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.17) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.4.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.532) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.16) · Pramāṇa