[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) › [大毘盧遮那成佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796) › 15.13 # 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 15.13 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 15.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.15.13) 次答此印從何生者，佛言：如佛所生處，印亦如是，從於彼生也。所以者何？一切如來皆從佛性種子菩提心生，當知一切印亦從菩提心生也。印從法界生而印弟子，如王以印印之，一切信受。今以一切法界生印印之，即法印也，即是大人相印也。次答此印作何用者，以此法界印印於弟子也。印是不可違越義，由自及他皆不違越故。謂始從菩提心乃至究極佛慧，於是中間不退不轉，是故世間號之為菩提薩埵。由此印故，住菩提心更不退轉，故名不違越也。此印即是印生死門、開法界路，略而言之，此印量同法界。由以此法界之印印之，即令彼人已有法界之標幟，同法界普門之身，故名印於弟子也。以法界印為略，謂以一法印之也。若廣，不可量也，此即大人之標幟相也。 > Next, to answer from where this seal arises: the Buddha said, 'Just like the place from which the Buddha arises, the seal is also like this, arising from that.' Why is this? All tathāgatas arise from the bīja of Buddha-nature, the bodhicitta; one should know that all seals also arise from the bodhicitta. The seal arises from the dharmadhātu and seals the disciple, just as when a king seals with a seal, all place faith in and accept it. Now, sealing them with the seal arising from the entire dharmadhātu is the Dharma-seal; it is the seal of the marks of a great person. Next, to answer what this seal is used for: one uses this dharmadhātu seal to seal the disciple. 'Seal' has the sense of being inviolable, because oneself and others do not transgress it. That is to say, from the initial bodhicitta up to the ultimate Buddha-wisdom, throughout this interval one does not retreat or regress; therefore the world names one a bodhisattva. By means of this seal, one abides in the bodhicitta and never again regresses; hence it is called inviolable. This seal is precisely the sealing of the gate of saṃsāra and the opening of the path of the dharmadhātu; spoken of in brief, this seal equals the dharmadhātu in measure. By sealing them with this seal of the dharmadhātu, it causes that person to possess the insignia of the dharmadhātu and to be identical with the body of the universal gateway of the dharmadhātu; hence it is called 'sealing the disciple.' Taking the dharmadhātu seal as the brief means sealing them with a single Dharma. If expounded broadly, it cannot be measured; this is the insignia and mark of a great person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.15.12) - [Next: 15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.15.14) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796~en-mt.15.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.15.13) · Pramāṇa