[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) › 4.4 # 注維摩詰經 4.4 注維摩詰經 4.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.4) 什曰：彌勒既紹尊位：又當於此土而成佛：眾情所宗：故先命之。彌勒、維摩大小之量，未可定也。或云：維摩雖大，或有以而不成佛。或云：彌勒雖大，將有為而故辭行。或此是分身彌勒，非其正體。以此三緣，故有致屈之迹也。彌勒不堪，便應超命文殊，而兼命餘人者，將以一雖不堪，眾不可抑故。推眾求能，廣命之也。亦欲令各稱所聞，以盡維摩之美也。肇曰：彌勒，南天竺婆羅門姓。出此姓，即以為名焉。 > \[Kumāra\]jīva says: "Since Maitreya has already inherited the venerable rank and is due to become a buddha in this land, he is the one revered by the assembly; hence he was addressed first. The relative greatness between Maitreya and Vimalakīrti cannot yet be determined. Some say: 'Although Vimalakīrti is great, he has reasons for not becoming a buddha.' Others say: 'Although Maitreya is great, he has a purpose in deliberately declining to go.' Or perhaps this was an emanation body of Maitreya, not his true substance. Due to these three reasons, there was this trace of yielding. Since Maitreya was unable, the Buddha should have passed over to address Mañjuśrī; yet the reason he also addressed the other people is that, although one person was unable, the assembly should not be suppressed. Searching through the assembly for capability, he broadly addressed them. He also wished to have each recount what they had heard, so as to fully display Vimalakīrti's excellence." \[Seng\]zhao says: "Maitreya is a Brahmin clan name from Southern India. Born of this clan, he took it as his name." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.3) - [Next: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.5) - [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.4.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.7.91) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.528) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.4.4) · Pramāṇa