[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) › 9.100 # 維摩經略疏 9.100 維摩經略疏 9.100 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.100) 是中明諸菩薩各各說，備有五千，何但三十三，經家不具存耳，或梵本不盡。若用三十三對四十二地者，五千並說，復對何等？答：一地之中無量法門，何況五千，多說何妨。 > In this context, it is explained that all the bodhisattvas spoke individually; fully there were five thousand—why only thirty-three? The compilers of the sūtra simply did not preserve them all, or the Sanskrit text was incomplete. If one uses the thirty-three to correspond to the forty-two stages, then when five thousand speak together, to what would they correspond? Answer: Within a single stage there are immeasurable Dharma-gates, not to mention five thousand; what harm is there in speaking manifoldly? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.99) - [Next: 9.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.101) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.9.100) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.9.100) · Pramāṇa