[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) › 5.3 # 維摩經略疏 5.3 維摩經略疏 5.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.3) 「佛告富樓那」，五、命富樓那。文亦二：一命問疾、二辭不堪。所以次命者，以弟子中說法第一。富樓那是姓，從姓立名，此云善知識。彌多羅尼即是母名，此云滿願。滿願所生，故言子也。所以加母名者，恐表異同名也。但《法華》至下根方得授記，而今先命者，或是隨近或是機便，故先命也。何者？既有辨才莊嚴、文辭利用，有所言說悅可物心，若遣傳旨眾情彌仰，故先命也。如佛說《大品》唯命身子、善吉及富樓那轉說般若。大論具有料簡深求其致，乃至成前五種利益可知。 > "The Buddha told Pūrṇa": Fifth, commanding Pūrṇa. The text also has two parts: first, commanding him to inquire after the illness; second, refusing out of incompetence. The reason he was commanded next is that among the disciples he was foremost in preaching the Dharma. Pūrṇa is the clan name, taking his name from the clan, translated here as "wholesome friend". Maitrāyaṇī is the mother's name, translated here as "full wish". Being born of Full Wish, he is called "Maitrāyaṇīputra" (Son of Maitrāyaṇī). The reason for adding the mother's name is the concern to distinguish him from others of the same name. However, in the Lotus Sūtra he only receives prophecy when it reaches those of lower faculties, yet here he is commanded first; this was perhaps because he was close at hand, or because the occasion was opportune, and so he was commanded first. Why? Since he possessed the adornment of eloquence and the sharp facility of rhetoric, and whatever he said delighted the minds of beings, if sent to convey the instruction the assembly's reverence would be all the greater; thus he was commanded first. As when the Buddha preached the Dàpǐn, he commanded only Śāriputra, Subhūti, and Pūrṇa to expound prajñā. The Dàzhìdù lùn fully discusses and profoundly explores its rationale, up to accomplishing the five kinds of benefits mentioned before, which can be understood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.4) - [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.5.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.3) · Pramāṇa