[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) › [請觀音經疏闡義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801) › 1.10 # 請觀音經疏闡義鈔 1.10 請觀音經疏闡義鈔 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1.10) 「人是」下，無緣之慈，超彼生法，故曰至慈；道過凡小，故稱大士；離二邊惡，故曰至良；治障不虛，故曰神呪。大士即能說之人，神呪即所說之法，至慈則顯大士之德，至良則美神呪之功。群機，即月蓋及毘舍離人也。能必對所，若以群機為能感，觀音即是所感；觀音為能應，群機即是所應。今聖沒所感目為能應，凡沒所應目為能感，各從功力以能為稱。故知凡由理具三千故能感，聖由三千分顯故能應。 > From 'The person is...' downward: compassion without conditions surpasses that directed toward sentient beings and phenomena, hence it is called 'supreme compassion'; his path surpasses ordinary beings and Hinayāna followers, hence he is called 'mahāsattva'; he is free from the evils of the two extremes, hence it is called 'supremely excellent'; its curing of obstacles is not in vain, hence it is called 'divine dhāraṇī.' The mahāsattva is the person capable of expounding, and the divine dhāraṇī is the teaching that is expounded; 'supreme compassion' reveals the virtue of the mahāsattva, and 'supremely excellent' praises the efficacy of the divine dhāraṇī. The 'multitude of capacities' refers to Candraprabha and the people of Vaiśālī. The active capacity must correspond to the passive recipient. If the multitude of capacities is taken as the capacity to stimulate, then Avalokiteśvara is the object stimulated; if Avalokiteśvara is taken as the capacity to respond, then the multitude of capacities is the corresponding response. Here, the sage omits being the object stimulated and is designated as the capacity to respond, while the ordinary being omits being the corresponding response and is designated as the capacity to stimulate; each is designated by 'capacity' according to its operative power. Therefore we know that ordinary beings, by virtue of the three thousand realms being inherent in principle, are capable of stimulating, while the sage, by virtue of the three thousand realms being partially manifested, is capable of responding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1801.1.10) · Pramāṇa