[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) › [維摩義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776) › 1.52 # 維摩義記 1.52 維摩義記 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.52) 自下第三轉釋為生取佛土義。先問、後解。所以問也，問有兩意：一問菩薩得土自安，所以偏言為生者何？二問觀空破相之慧，能治染過可得淨土。為生是其取有之心，所以能得淨土者何？下對釋之，兩意別解。菩薩取國，皆為饒益諸眾生故，解初意也。得雖自安，取土之意原為眾生，故說為生而取土耳。「譬如人」下，釋後意也。釋意如何？淨土是其功德之果，唯空不成，故為眾生能得淨土。先喻、後合。「如人欲於空地造立宮室，隨意無礙」，順舉其得。人喻菩薩，修起淨土名造宮室。依空修慧、依有起悲，名為空地。用此求土，得土不難，名為無礙。「若依虛空終不能成」，舉失顯德。捨有純空，無得土義，故能不成。下合顯法，先合前得。菩薩合人，辨法同喻，故曰如是。為成眾生，合於地也。空略不合。願取佛國，合造宮室。隨意無礙，略而不合。「願取佛國非於空」者，合後失也。純空不成，故言非矣。 > From here below is the third \[subdivision\], further explaining the meaning of taking a Buddha land for the sake of sentient beings. First it questions, and then it explains. As for the question: the question has two intentions. The first asks: since the bodhisattva attains the land and is personally at ease, why does one specifically say it is for the sake of sentient beings? The second asks: the wisdom that contemplates emptiness and refutes characteristics can cure the fault of defilement and obtain a pure land; \[yet\] being for the sake of sentient beings is a mind that grasps at existence—why then can it attain a pure land? Below, it responds and explains it, explaining the two intentions separately. Bodhisattvas taking a country are entirely for the sake of benefiting sentient beings: this explains the first intention. Although upon attaining it they are personally at ease, the intention of taking the land is fundamentally for the sake of sentient beings; hence it is said that they take the land for the sake of sentient beings. From "Just as a person" downward, it explains the latter intention. What is the sense of the explanation? The pure land is the fruit of their virtues; it cannot be accomplished by emptiness alone. Therefore, being for the sake of sentient beings, they are able to attain a pure land. First an analogy, and then the application. "Just as a person wishing to build a palace on empty ground does so according to his intention without hindrance": this sets forth its success in the positive sense. The person is an analogy for the bodhisattva; cultivating and bringing forth the pure land is called building a palace. Cultivating wisdom by relying on emptiness and arousing compassion by relying on existence is called "empty ground." Seeking the land by using this, attaining the land is not difficult; this is called "without hindrance." "If relying on empty space, in the end it cannot be accomplished": this sets forth failure to demonstrate virtue. If one abandons existence and has pure emptiness, there is no sense of attaining a land, and thus it cannot be accomplished. Below is the application to demonstrate the Dharma: first it applies to the preceding success. The bodhisattva corresponds to the person; discerning the Dharma as identical to the analogy, it says "Thus." Being for the sake of accomplishing sentient beings corresponds to the ground; "empty" is omitted and not applied. Vowing to take a Buddha country corresponds to building a palace; "according to his intention without hindrance" is omitted and not applied. "Vowing to take a Buddha country is not done in emptiness" applies to the latter failure: pure emptiness cannot accomplish it, and therefore it says "not." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.53) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776~en-mt.1.52) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2770.1.31) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.52) · Pramāṇa