[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) › 3.50 # 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 3.50 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 3.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.50) 偈云「及餘諸方所，僧坊阿練若」者，除聖迹之外，但隨方國土諸梵行者所居。僧坊，梵音毘訶羅，譯為住處，即是長福住處也。白衣為長福故，為諸比丘造房，令持戒禪慧者得庇禦風寒暑濕種種不饒益事，安心行道，令檀越受用施福，日夜常流無有斷絕，故名住處也。阿練若，名為意樂處，謂空寂行者所樂之處。或獨一無侶或二三人，於寺外造限量小房，或施主為造，或但居樹下空地，皆是也。復次若離菩提心而修一切善法，所謂廣行檀施，受無量律儀，修種種禪定，受持十二分教思惟義理，慈悲精進化度眾生，以眾行無獎道故，皆名無聖迹。僧坊亦然，凡聖同居，是生福之處，亦其次也。除共二乘般若，自餘聲聞緣覺一切法門，以遠離大悲自求出要，皆名無聖迹阿蘭若處。亦可即就其中，擇治平地畫作漫荼羅也。 > The verse says: > 'And other various quarters, > Monasteries and araṇyas': > Apart from the sacred traces, these are simply wherever practitioners of pure conduct live in any land. 'Monastery' is in Sanskrit vihāra, translated as 'dwelling place', which means a dwelling place of perpetual merit. Because laypeople wish to foster perpetual merit, they build rooms for the bhikṣus so that those who uphold precepts, dhyāna, and wisdom can shelter from wind, cold, heat, dampness, and various unbeneficial things, and practice the path with tranquil minds, causing the dānapatis to enjoy the merit of their giving flowing day and night without interruption; hence it is called a dwelling place. 'Araṇya' means a place of delight, meaning a place delighted in by practitioners of empty solitude. Whether alone without companions or two or three persons, building a small room of limited size outside a temple—whether built by a donor or merely dwelling beneath a tree on empty ground—all are such. Furthermore, if one cultivates all wholesome dharmas apart from bodhicitta—namely, extensively practicing generous giving, receiving boundless rules of discipline, cultivating various dhyānas, upholding the twelvefold division of teachings and pondering their meanings, and with compassion and diligence transforming and delivering sentient beings—because these myriad practices lack the guiding path, they are all called 'without sacred traces'. The monastery is also like this: where ordinary people and noble ones dwell together is a place that generates merit, and is also next best. Except for the prajñā shared with the two vehicles, all the other Dharma gateways of Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas are called 'araṇya places without sacred traces' because they depart from mahākaruṇā and seek personal release. One may also directly choose and prepare a level site within them to paint the maṇḍala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.49) - [Next: 3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.51) - [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.3.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.3.50) · Pramāṇa