[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) › 1.6 # 金光明最勝王經疏 1.6 金光明最勝王經疏 1.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.6) 初通因者，夫一切如來離諸分別，心證定海、智等如如，物我俱亡、形聲雙寂。然因修宿願任感機緣，若圓鏡之現形、等虛巖之發響，故有應化垂迹，振隨類音。教雖萬差，起緣唯二：一由如來大悲所流、二由有情性欲所感。然諸教中，隨舉不定。如《無量義經》但舉由生性欲所感，故彼經云「法無量者，以諸眾生性欲無量教，其所說法亦復無量。」《法華經》第一云「我今亦復如是，知諸眾生有種種欲，深心所著。隨其本性，以種種因緣譬喻言辭，方便力故而為說法。」此經〈夢見懺悔品〉云「住壽不可思議劫，隨機說法利群生。」天親《攝論》且約由悲，云「大悲所流十二部經」。無性《攝論》即約機性，云「自善根力識心所起」。《二十唯識》合說起因，頌云「展轉增上力，二識成決定。」釋云：謂餘相續識差別故，令餘差別相續識生。此言相續者身，差別者教，此意由佛身識現名句義，令聞者識名句義生。此由生根熟為能感，如來大悲為能應，多據大悲利他所以。 > As for the first, the general reasons: all Tathāgatas are free from all conceptual discrimination; their minds realize the ocean of concentration and their wisdom equals suchness; subject and object are both extinguished, and form and voice are both tranquil. Yet, because of their cultivated past vows they respond naturally to capacities and conditions, like a round mirror reflecting forms or an empty cliff echoing sounds; thus there are responsive manifestations showing traces, uttering sounds according to \[each\] kind. Although teachings have ten thousand distinctions, the conditions for their arising are only two: first, flowing from the Tathāgata's mahākaruṇā; second, evoked by the dispositions and desires of sentient beings. However, among the various teachings, what is presented varies. As the Anantanirdeśa-sūtra presents only what is evoked by the dispositions and desires of sentient beings, hence that sūtra states: 'Because the dispositions and desires of all sentient beings are immeasurable, the dharmas are immeasurable; the dharmas taught are likewise immeasurable.' Chapter One of the Lotus Sūtra says: 'I am now also like this: knowing that all sentient beings have various desires deeply attached in their minds, in accordance with their original natures, by means of various causes and conditions, parables, and expressions, through the power of upāya I expound the Dharma for them.' Chapter on Confession in a Dream of this sūtra says: 'Abiding in life for inconceivable eons, according with capacities to teach the Dharma and benefit the multitude of beings.' Vasubandhu's Mahāyānasaṃgraha\[-bhāṣya\] speaks in terms of compassion: 'The twelve branches of scripture flow from mahākaruṇā.' Asabhāva's Mahāyānasaṃgraha\[-upanibandhana\] speaks in terms of the nature of the capacity: 'Arising from the cognitive mind through the power of one's own roots of goodness.' The Viṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā combines both to state the reason for origination, with the verse saying: 'Through mutual predominant influence, two consciousnesses are determined.' The commentary explains: due to the distinction of another's consciousness-continuity (saṃtāna), a distinct consciousness-continuity in another is made to arise. Here, 'continuity' is the body, and 'distinction' is the teaching; this means that by the Buddha's bodily consciousness manifesting names, phrases, and meanings, the hearer's consciousness is made to give rise to the names, phrases, and meanings. Here, the ripening of sentient beings' faculties constitutes the capacity to evoke, while the Tathāgata's mahākaruṇā constitutes the capacity to respond, largely grounded in the rationale of mahākaruṇā benefiting others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.7) - [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.1.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.1.57) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.6) · Pramāṇa