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注大乘入楞伽經 2.244

注大乘入楞伽經 2.244

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Classical Chinese

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此三頌半正明如來應機說異也。上二句總標說意,次五句謂對利根說一乘真實法,次五句謂對餘鈍根說種種如幻法,一一如文。下二句謂所說法不應機者翻為妄語,故云非說。

These three and a half verses properly clarify that the Tathāgata speaks differently in response to capacities. The upper two lines generally indicate the intention of speaking. The next five lines mean that for those of sharp faculties he speaks the real Dharma of the One Vehicle. The next five lines mean that for other dull faculties he speaks various illusion-like dharmas, each according to the text. The lower two lines mean that if the spoken Dharma does not correspond to the capacity, it turns into false speech; hence it says 'non-teaching.'

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