[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) › 3.3 # 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 3.3 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 3.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.3) 經云「爾時執金剛祕密主白佛言：世尊！願救世者演說心相。菩薩有幾種得無畏處，乃至當得一切法自性平等無畏」者，猶是答前心相句。以金剛手既聞此教諸菩薩直乘真言門上菩薩地，故問世尊此菩薩行道時有幾種得無畏處？佛還復約前三劫作差降對明也。梵音阿濕嚩娑，正譯當言蘇息也。如人為強力者所持，扼喉閉氣垂將悶絕，忽蒙放捨還復得蘇。眾生亦復如是，為妄想業煩惱所纏，觸緣皆閉，至此六處如得再生，故名蘇息處。亦如度險惡道時，其心泰然無所畏懼，故名無畏處也。佛言：「祕密主！彼愚童凡夫修諸善法害不善法，當得善無畏」者，善義通於淺深。今此中意，明十善業道，如世人以十不善道因緣，漂沈惡趣無有窮已。後得順世八心也，漸受三歸戒，於無量世生人天中，後至涅槃。以免離三途劇苦，名最初蘇息處也。若真言行者，初入三昧耶，依三密供養修行，位與此齊等也。 > The sūtra says: 'At that time, the Vajradhara Lord of Secrets addressed the Buddha, saying: "World-Honoured One! May the Savior of the World expound the marks of the mind. How many kinds of places where fearlessness is attained does a bodhisattva have, up to attaining the fearlessness of the equality of the intrinsic nature of all dharmas?"' This is still answering the preceding phrase on the marks of the mind. Because Vajrapāṇi had heard that the bodhisattvas of this teaching directly mount the mantra gateway to ascend to the bodhisattva grounds, he asked the World-Honoured One how many kinds of places where fearlessness is attained there are when these bodhisattvas practice the path. The Buddha again explains by contrasting the gradations in terms of the aforementioned three kalpas. The Sanskrit word āśvāsa should properly be translated as 'respite' (suxi). It is like a person who is seized by a powerful figure, choked by the throat, their breath cut off, on the verge of suffocating, who suddenly is released and revives. Sentient beings are also like this: bound by delusional karma and afflictions, obstructed wherever they touch conditions, upon reaching these six places they are as if reborn; hence they are called places of respite. It is also like crossing a treacherous, evil path where their mind is at peace and has nothing to fear; hence they are called places of fearlessness. The Buddha said: 'Lord of Secrets! When that foolish, childlike ordinary person cultivates good dharmas and destroys unwholesome dharmas, they shall attain the fearlessness of the wholesome.' The meaning of 'wholesome' extends to both shallow and deep. Here, the meaning clarifies the path of the ten wholesome karmas. For instance, worldly people, by the causes and conditions of the ten unwholesome paths, drift and sink in the evil destinies without end. Later, they attain the eight minds conforming to the world, gradually receive the three refuges and precepts, are born among humans and devas for immeasurable lifetimes, and later arrive at nirvāṇa. Because of being freed from the severe suffering of the three evil paths, it is called the initial place of respite. For a mantra practitioner, when first entering the samaya and cultivating offerings relying on the three mysteries, their station is equivalent to this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796~en-mt.3.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.3) · Pramāṇa