[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) › 5.88 # 維摩經略疏 5.88 維摩經略疏 5.88 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.88) 「於是」下，五、淨名勸諸長者子出家。文為四：一勸出家、二辭有礙、三重勸、四發心。一淨名勸者、即是勸修中道出二死家、故言「汝等於正法中宜共出家」。正法者，即是中道之正理也。能觀此理，得出二邊，故云出也。「所以者何？佛世難值」者，有佛出世方得聞之，若無佛出，雖有正理長劫不聞。今得值得聞，豈不修集，速令得出二死之家。 > From "Thereupon" below, fifth, Vimalakīrti encourages the elder sons to leave household life. The text has four: first, encouraging leaving household life; second, declining due to hindrances; third, re-encouraging; fourth, generating the mind. First, Vimalakīrti's encouragement is encouraging the cultivation of the Middle Way to leave the household of the two kinds of death; therefore it says: "You should together leave household life within the correct Dharma." The "correct Dharma" is the correct principle of the Middle Way. Being able to contemplate this principle brings one out of the two extremes; hence it says "leaving." "Why is this? A buddha's era is difficult to encounter": only when a buddha appears in the world can one hear it; if no buddha appears, though there is the correct principle, one will not hear it for long kalpas. Now having encountered and heard it, how could one not cultivate and accumulate it, quickly bringing about escape from the household of the two kinds of death? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.87) - [Next: 5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.89) - [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.5.88) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.499) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.5.88) · Pramāṇa