[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) › [維摩經玄疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777) › 1.44 # 維摩經玄疏 1.44 維摩經玄疏 1.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.1.44) 此六即者，在理非殊；約其行解，天人懸絕，豈得聞「即」，便為一概！世間學門、坐禪之人，若不善解六即之殊，多生叨濫，未解謂解、未得謂得，墮增上慢，起諸過罪，此豈學佛法得意者乎！今舉一可以例諸：一切大乘深經或云：眾生即是佛、即是大乘、即是菩提、即是涅槃……如是等明「即是」，悉須用「六即」義約，一切皆不叨濫也。 > These six identities are not different in principle; but when considered in terms of practice and understanding, heaven and humankind are worlds apart. How could one, hearing 'identity,' lump them all together! If people in the world who study and sit in meditation do not skillfully understand the distinctions among the six identities, they will mostly give rise to presumptuous claims: claiming understanding when they have not understood, claiming attainment when they have not attained, falling into overweening pride, and giving rise to various faults and transgressions. How could such a person be one who has grasped the meaning of studying the Buddha's Dharma! Now, raising one example can serve for all: when any profound Mahāyāna sūtra states that sentient beings are identical with the Buddha, identical with the Mahāyāna, identical with bodhi, identical with nirvāṇa… and all such clarifications of 'identical with,' one must in every case apply the meaning of the 'six identities' to restrict them, so that none will be presumptuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.1.45) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777~en-mt.1.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1777.1.44) · Pramāṇa