[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 2.24 # 維摩經略疏 2.24 維摩經略疏 2.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.24) 「譬如至大海」，二、譬顯。「須彌山」者，此云安明亦云妙高，何但妙高亦是妙大。譬佛實報尊特之身窮實相頂，故言妙高。功德智慧遍滿法界，故言妙大。「顯于大海」者，即顯此座有緣四眾四門善根，亦顯一切眾生生死海也。如山盤峙滄溟而秀出海外，佛不住生死、不捨生死，不住如山高出、不捨如影現大海。如海水非其四色，而因山現故有四種色。此明眾生心非四門，佛以悉檀方便而說四門，令失惡心。本相同四門之解，更無異解。 > From "Just as..." to "...the great ocean" is the second \[part\], illustrating by metaphor. "Mount Sumeru" is translated here as "serene and bright," and also as "wondrously high"; not only is it wondrously high, it is also wondrously vast. It illustrates the Buddha's true retribution particularly venerable body reaching the pinnacle of true reality, hence called "wondrously high." His merit and wisdom pervade the entire Dharma realm, hence called "wondrously vast." "Eminently revealed in the great ocean" reveals the good roots of the four assemblies and four gates having affinity in this assembly, and also reveals the ocean of birth and death of all sentient beings. Just as the mountain stands steadfast in the azure sea, rising prominently above the ocean, the Buddha neither abides in birth and death nor abandons birth and death: not abiding is like the mountain towering aloft; not abandoning is like its shadow appearing in the great ocean. Just as the ocean water does not possess those four colors of itself, yet due to the mountain appearing there come to be four colors, this clarifies that the minds of sentient beings are not the four gates, yet the Buddha, through the expedients of the siddhāntas, preaches the four gates to cause the unwholesome mind to be lost. The original characteristic accords with the understanding of the four gates, with no other understanding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.2.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.24) · Pramāṇa