[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) › 3.11 # 維摩義記 3.11 維摩義記 3.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.11) 自下第二結嘆顯勝。「文殊是為有病菩薩調伏其心」，結前修智。「為斷老」等，嘆上修悲。於中初法、次喻、後合。法中「為斷老病死苦是菩薩菩提」，是順嘆也。為物斷苦方得名為菩薩正道，是故名為菩薩菩提。「若不如是己所修治為無惠利」，是反嘆也。不能以道濟惠利人，名無惠利。喻中「勝怨乃為勇」者，為他除怨方名大勇。亦可眾生菩薩所親，眾生所患即菩薩怨，降伏此怨乃為大勇。合中「兼除菩薩謂」者，兼為他人除老病死，方乃得其菩薩名也。 > From here below is the second part, concluding with praise to reveal supremacy. 'Mañjuśrī, this is how a sick bodhisattva subdues his mind' concludes the preceding cultivation of wisdom. 'In order to sever old age...' and so on praises the preceding cultivation of compassion. Within this, there is first the dharma, next the metaphor, and finally the application. In the dharma, 'in order to sever the suffering of old age, illness, and death is the bodhisattva's bodhi' is direct praise. Only when one severs suffering for the sake of beings can it be called the correct path of a bodhisattva; therefore it is called the bodhisattva's bodhi. 'If it were not so, what one cultivates and treats would be without benefit' is inverse praise. Inability to rescue and benefit others with the path is called being without benefit. In the metaphor, 'vanquishing an enemy is being valiant' means that only when one eliminates enemies for others is it called great valor. Alternatively, sentient beings are those dear to the bodhisattva; the afflictions of sentient beings are precisely the bodhisattva's enemies, and subduing these enemies is great valor. In the application, 'also eliminating \[them for others is what\] a bodhisattva is called' means that only when one also eliminates old age, illness, and death for others does one attain the title of bodhisattva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.10) - [Next: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.12) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776~en-mt.3.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.5.227) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.11) · Pramāṇa