[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) › 5.17 # 維摩經略疏 5.17 維摩經略疏 5.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.17) 「我觀至利純」，二、譬顯結過。小智微淺，觀生滅見真名一切智。此智不斷塵沙無明，又不能知物根緣，不能圓照法界故名微。如兔渡河，不窮實相之底名淺。「猶如盲人不能分別」者，二乘但有肉、天、慧三，無法眼故不見根緣，無佛眼故不見佛性。無菩薩根，對三諦塵不發三智，心無所了故如盲。又如生盲者，二乘雖有肉眼，不如《法華》明六根淨，一時見三千界十法界色，故如盲也。二乘雖有天眼，作意能見千界乃至大千，諸佛菩薩有真天眼，不以二相見諸佛土，小乘無此故如盲也。若菩薩慧眼，少見佛性而不了了，二乘慧眼都不能見，但見於空即是盲也。諸佛慧眼者，如十六王子所歎，願得如世尊慧眼第一淨。當知二乘全無五眼，故說如盲。若無五眼，不能分別眾生於三諦理根之利鈍。 > From "I contemplate" to "sharp and dull" is the second \[part\], clarifying through metaphor to conclude the fault. Small wisdom is minute and shallow: contemplating arising and ceasing to see truth is called all-knowledge. This wisdom does not sever the dust-and-sand \[delusions\] or ignorance, nor can it know the capacities and conditions of beings, and cannot universally illuminate the Dharma realm; hence it is called minute. Like a rabbit crossing a river, failing to fathom the bottom of true reality, it is called shallow. As for "Just as a blind person cannot distinguish": the two vehicles only possess three \[eyes\]—the flesh, heavenly, and wisdom \[eyes\]; lacking the Dharma eye, they do not perceive capacities and conditions; lacking the Buddha eye, they do not perceive buddha-nature. Lacking the faculties of a bodhisattva, facing the dusts of the three truths they do not give rise to the three wisdoms, and with minds that comprehend nothing, they are like the blind. Moreover, like one born blind: although the two vehicles have the flesh eye, it is not like the purification of the six faculties explained in the Lotus Sūtra that simultaneously sees the colors of the three-thousandfold realm and the ten Dharma realms; hence they are like the blind. Although the two vehicles have the heavenly eye, by making a conscious effort they can see a thousand worlds up to a great chiliocosm, whereas buddhas and bodhisattvas have the true heavenly eye that sees all buddha-lands without dual characteristics; the small vehicle lacks this, and hence is like the blind. As for the wisdom eye of a bodhisattva, it slightly sees buddha-nature though not clearly, whereas the wisdom eye of the two vehicles cannot see it at all, seeing only emptiness; this is being blind. The wisdom eye of the buddhas is as praised by the sixteen princes: "We pray to attain the foremost pure wisdom eye like the World-Honoured One's." One should know that the two vehicles are completely devoid of the five eyes, and therefore are said to be like the blind. If one lacks the five eyes, one cannot distinguish whether the faculties of sentient beings regarding the principle of the three truths are sharp or dull. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.16) - [Next: 5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.18) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.5.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.17) · Pramāṇa