[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 6.117 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 6.117 維摩經略疏垂裕記 6.117 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6.117) 二、那律答，二：初、正釋。經云「掌中菴摩勒果」者，肇云「果形似檳榔，食之除風冷。」時手執此果，故即以為喻也。「大辟支」等者，荊溪云：問支佛元知十方佛不？答：亦知亦不知。若準所見，百佛世界豈可無佛？理應合知。秖恐見處不知有佛。又容知者，秖知一界唯一佛化，知亦何妨？故二十部中亦有許知十方佛者，此亦宜為大教梯漸。 > Second, Aniruddha's answer, in two: first, direct explanation. The sūtra says: "an āmalaka fruit in the palm of the hand"; Zhao says, 'The fruit's shape resembles an areca nut; eating it expels wind and cold.' At that time he held this fruit in his hand, so he immediately took it as a metaphor. Regarding "a great pratyekabuddha...", Jingxi says: "Question: Did pratyekabuddhas originally know the buddhas of the ten directions or not? Answer: They both knew and did not know. If based on what they saw, how could a hundred buddha-worlds be without buddhas? In principle they should have known. It is only feared that in what they saw, they did not know there were buddhas. Furthermore, it is possible that they knew, but only knew that one world was transformed by only one buddha—what harm would there be in knowing this? Therefore, among the twenty schools there are also those who allow that they knew the buddhas of the ten directions; this should also serve as a gradual ladder to the Great Teaching." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6.116) - [Next: 6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6.118) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.6.117) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.139) — Classical Chinese - [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.3.149) — 法雲, Classical Chinese - [維摩經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1781.3.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.6.117) · Pramāṇa