[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) › 3.3 # 維摩義記 3.3 維摩義記 3.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.3) 問曰：眾生病來無始，維摩悲病聖來始有，云何得隨眾生之病而說久近？釋言：此隨一切眾生所有因果分分說之，不言從於無始已來常起悲病。如緣一人受地獄苦而起悲心，從造因來維摩恒愁，乃至受果，餘亦如是。 > Question: Sentient beings' illness has had no beginning, whereas Vimalakīrti's illness of compassion only began when he became a noble one. How can he speak of its duration in accordance with the illness of sentient beings? Explanation: This is spoken of portion by portion in accordance with all the causes and fruits possessed by sentient beings; it does not say that he has constantly generated the illness of compassion from beginninglessness onwards. For example, conditions concerning one person suffering the pains of hell give rise to a compassionate mind, and ever since that person created the cause, Vimalakīrti has constantly sorrowed, up to the point of that person receiving the fruit; the rest are also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.4) - [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.3.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.3.3) · Pramāṇa