[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) › 2.14 # 金光明最勝王經疏 2.14 金光明最勝王經疏 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.14) 問：準文驗理但說菩提，如何今言亦明圓寂？答：準此經文，下聞壽量時眾得益。又妙幢云親於佛前及四如來并二大士諸天子所，聞說釋迦牟尼如來壽量事已，復從坐起白言：「世尊！若實如是不般涅槃、無舍利者，云何經中說有涅槃及佛舍利？」此既時眾得益，復云說已，即明佛前聞壽已了，今更請問說有涅槃。佛復答云：「如是應知有其十法，能解如來、應、正等覺真實理趣，說有究竟大般涅槃。」又準天親菩薩《法華經論》釋〈壽量品〉文，初說壽量明菩提無上，說醫師喻明涅槃無上。今此經中，初說壽長明菩提也，後說父母多財等喻明涅槃也。 > Question: In accordance with the text and verified by reasoning, it speaks only of bodhi; how can you now say it also clarifies perfect quiescence (nirvāṇa)? Answer: In accordance with this sūtra's text, below, when hearing of the life-measure, the assembly gains benefit. Furthermore, Ruciraketu says that having in person, before the Buddha and the four Tathāgatas, together with the two great beings and the devaputras, heard the matter of the life-measure of the Tathāgata Śākyamuni, he again rose from his seat and said: 'World-Honoured One! If it is truly so, that he does not enter parinirvāṇa and there are no relics, why do the sūtras say there is nirvāṇa and Buddha relics?' Since the assembly at that time gained benefit, and it also says 'having spoken', this makes clear that the hearing of the life-span before the Buddha was concluded, and now he further inquires about the preaching of nirvāṇa. The Buddha again answered: 'It should be known thus: there are ten dharmas by which one can understand the true principle of the Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha, speaking of the ultimate mahāparinirvāṇa.' Furthermore, in accordance with the Bodhisattva Vasubandhu's Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-śāstra explaining the text of the chapter on 'Life-span', it first speaks of the life-span to clarify the unexcelled nature of bodhi, and speaks of the physician metaphor to clarify the unexcelled nature of nirvāṇa. Now, in this sūtra, it first speaks of the long life-span to clarify bodhi, and later speaks of metaphors such as the parents with much wealth to clarify nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.14) · Pramāṇa