[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) › [金光明最勝王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788) › 1.58 # 金光明最勝王經疏 1.58 金光明最勝王經疏 1.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.58) 言權實者，準《佛地經論》云「釋迦牟尼說此經時，地前大眾見變化身居此穢土為其說法，地上大眾見受用身居佛淨土為其說法。所聞雖同，所見各別。」準此，經文既在穢土為地前眾，即聲聞是實；諸大菩薩應在淨土，既亦列在穢土之中，即是變化。不爾；此等諸大菩薩八地已上受變易身；如何此界有情得見？又釋：說此經佛實通變化及他受用，由是菩薩若其實身恒居淨土佛所聞經。結集之者不可雙舉，但說三乘通所見土。或最清淨如來所居，即彰菩薩同能智證亦在彼土，即淨土攝。然諸聲聞，準《入大乘論》，千二百人皆是變化。據《攝大乘》，舍利弗等有其三種：一不定性、二者定性、三者變化。論云「無量舍利弗，與彼名同。」故知有多類。又《菩提資糧論》云「《法華經》所記舍利弗是佛菩薩之化作」，皆是化也。《法華》第二云「我昔曾於二萬億佛所亦教化汝，汝今悉忘。」即不定性。《法華經論》云「為二聲聞，除決定性及增上慢，以根未熟故。」今此經會或可通三，所餘諸眾權實難悉。 > Regarding the provisional and the real: According to the Buddhabhūmisūtra-śāstra: 'When Śākyamuni spoke this sūtra, the great assembly prior to the grounds saw the transformation body residing in this defiled land expounding the Dharma for them, while the great assembly on the grounds saw the enjoyment body residing in the pure buddha-field expounding the Dharma for them. Although what was heard was identical, what was seen was distinct.' According to this, since the sūtra text was in the defiled land for the assembly prior to the grounds, the śrāvakas are real; the great bodhisattvas should be in the pure land, and since they are also listed within the defiled land, they are transformationally created. Were it not so, these great bodhisattvas, being above the eighth ground, have assumed bodies of transformative change; how could sentient beings of this world-system be able to see them? Another explanation: The Buddha expounding this sūtra actually encompassed both transformation and other-enjoyment; because of this, if it were their real bodies, the bodhisattvas constantly resided in the pure land hearing the sūtra from the Buddha. The compilers could not cite both, but merely stated the land commonly seen by the three vehicles. Or, 'the dwelling place of the most pure Tathāgata' reveals that the bodhisattvas, equally capable of cognitive realization, are also in that land, which is subsumed under the pure land. However, regarding the śrāvakas, according to the Mahāyānāvatāra-śāstra, the one thousand two hundred persons were all transformationally created. Relying on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Śāriputra and the others are of three kinds: first, of indeterminate nature; second, of determinate nature; third, transformationally created. The treatise states: 'There were immeasurable Śāriputras of the same name as he.' Thus we know there are many categories. Furthermore, the Bodhisambhāra-śāstra states: 'The Śāriputra prophesied in the Lotus Sūtra was a transformation made by buddhas and bodhisattvas'; all were transformations. The second fascicle of the Lotus Sūtra says: 'In the past, under two trillion buddhas, I also instructed and transformed you, but you have now forgotten it all.' This refers to the indeterminate nature. The Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra-śāstra states: 'It was for two types of śrāvakas, excluding those of determinate nature and those of excessive pride, because their faculties were not yet mature.' Now, in this assembly of the sūtra, it may encompass all three types; regarding the remaining assemblies, the provisional and the real are difficult to know fully. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.57) - [Next: 1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.59) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788~en-mt.1.58) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1709.1.61) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.58) · Pramāṇa