[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) › 9.5 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.5 維摩經略疏垂裕記 9.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.5) 二、大精進，二：初、總釋。「猶如懶人」等者，猶如陶師，雖得輪繩作器，若不精勤無由成辦。「如大施太子」等者，暹云：如好施太子求如意珠，得珠墜海而抒大海，正使筋骨枯盡終不懈廢，誓得如意以給眾生濟其身苦。諸天問之。答云：生生不休。諸天見此精進，助其抒海，水乃減半。諸龍見海水減，恐海乾竭，遂還其珠。「華嚴明七地欲沈空」等者，荊溪云：具如前引《華嚴》文也。 > Second, great vigor, which has two: First, general explanation. "Just like a lazy person" and so forth: just like a potter, who, although obtaining the wheel and cord to make vessels, cannot accomplish anything without diligent vigor. "Like Prince Mahātyāgavat" and so forth: Daoxian says, "Like Prince Sudāna seeking the wish-fulfilling jewel: obtaining the jewel, it fell into the ocean, and he baled out the great sea. Even if his muscles and bones were worn away and exhausted, he would never give up or slacken, vowing to obtain the wish-fulfilling \[jewel\] to bestow upon sentient beings and relieve their bodily suffering. The deities questioned him. He replied: 'Life after life without rest.' Seeing this vigor, the deities helped him bale out the sea, and the water was reduced by half. Seeing the seawater decrease and fearing the ocean would dry up, the nāgas returned the jewel to him." "The Avataṃsaka clarifies that on the seventh stage one wishes to sink into emptiness" and so forth: Jingxi says, "It is fully as in the previously cited passage of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.4) - [Next: 9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.6) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.9.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.9.5) · Pramāṇa