[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) › [淨名玄論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780) › 7.7 # 淨名玄論 7.7 淨名玄論 7.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.7.7) 今以一文，總徵二釋。說方便品，在何處耶？若在室外，即事違文。若室內說者，復乖上釋。若謂此品集經者意，非淨名自談，既無時事，何所集耶？又方便親序現疾，說法何得非淨名之言？又室內說法，凡有二時：方便一品是其初集，略說法門。問疾以後，方丈重會，廣宣妙法。何得以前說為序、後談為正？若謂此經但有三會，是亦不然。既重集菴園為二會者，亦再聚方丈，寧非兩集？若初集方丈以略非會者，菴園但有一品，寧復廣耶？又菴園說淨土因果為一集者，方丈明法身因果，寧非會耶？今所釋者，《華嚴》七處八會，斯經二處四集。言二處者，一菴園處、二方丈處。菴園為佛處，方丈為菩薩處。菴園為出家處，方丈為在家處。菴園他業所起處，方丈自業所起處。他業所起處者，菴羅女園為佛起精舍，明未曾有室是居士淨業所起也。菴園在城外，方丈在城內。顯公傳云：相去三里。所言四會者，一菴園會、二方丈會、三重集菴園、四再會方丈。以此分經，實為允當也。 > Now, with a single point from the text, I will interrogate both interpretations. Where was the Upāya Chapter preached? If it was outside the room, then the circumstance contradicts the text. If it was preached inside the room, that contradicts the aforementioned interpretations. If it is said that this chapter was the intention of the compilers of the sūtra and not Vimalakīrti's own speech, since there would be no temporal circumstance, what would be compiled? Furthermore, the Upāya \[chapter\] directly recounts his manifesting illness and preaching the Dharma; how could it not be Vimalakīrti's words? Moreover, preaching the Dharma inside the room has two times: the single Upāya chapter is its first gathering, briefly preaching the Dharma gate. After Inquiring about the Illness, there is a reconvened assembly in the ten-foot-square room, widely proclaiming the wonderful Dharma. How could the previous preaching be taken as the introduction and the subsequent discourse as the main teaching? If it is said that this sūtra has only three assemblies, this is also not correct. Since reconvening at Āmrapālī's garden constitutes two assemblies, gathering twice in the ten-foot-square room—how could that not be two gatherings? If the initial gathering in the ten-foot-square room is not considered an assembly because it is brief, Āmrapālī's garden has only one chapter; how could it be broad? Furthermore, if preaching the cause and fruit of the pure land at Āmrapālī's garden is one gathering, why would clarifying the cause and fruit of the dharmakāya in the ten-foot-square room not be an assembly? What is explained now is that, just as the Avataṃsaka has seven locations and eight assemblies, this sūtra has two locations and four gatherings. Regarding the two locations: first, the location of Āmrapālī's garden; second, the location of the ten-foot-square room. Āmrapālī's garden is the Buddha's place; the ten-foot-square room is the bodhisattva's place. Āmrapālī's garden is the place of the renunciants; the ten-foot-square room is the place of the householder. Āmrapālī's garden is a place produced by another's karma; the ten-foot-square room is a place produced by one's own karma. 'A place produced by another's karma' means that Lady Āmrapālī built a vihāra for the Buddha, clarifying that the unprecedented room was produced by the householder's pure karma. Āmrapālī's garden is outside the city; the ten-foot-square room is inside the city. Master \[Fa\]xian's record states: 'They are three li apart.' As for the four assemblies: first, the assembly at Āmrapālī's garden; second, the assembly in the ten-foot-square room; third, the reconvened assembly at Āmrapālī's garden; fourth, the reassembled meeting in the ten-foot-square room. Dividing the sūtra according to this is truly appropriate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.7.6) - [Next: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.7.8) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780~en-mt.7.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1781.1.24) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1780.7.7) · Pramāṇa