<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.88 -->

[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) › [法華論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818) › 1.88

# 法華論疏 1.88

法華論疏 1.88

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.88)

皆是阿羅漢等十六句中，初句是總，餘句別故。皆是阿羅漢者，彼阿羅漢名之為應，有十五種義應知。何等十五？一者應受飲食臥具供養，恭敬等故。二者應將大眾，教化一切故。三者應入聚落城邑等故。四者應降伏諸外道等故。五者應以智慧速觀察諸法故。六者應不疾不遲說法，如法相應，不疲倦故。七者應靜坐空閑處，飲食衣服一切資生不積不聚，少欲知足故。八者應一向行善行，不著諸禪故。九者應行空聖行故。十者應行無相聖行故。十一者應行無願聖行故。十二者應降伏世間，禪淨心故。十三者應起諸神通勝功德故。十四者應證第一義勝功德故。十五者應如實知同生諸眾生得諸功德，為利益一切諸眾故。

> Among the sixteen phrases beginning with 'all are arhats', the first phrase is general, and the remaining phrases are specific. As for 'all are arhats': those arhats are designated as 'worthy' (arhat / ying), and there are fifteen meanings that should be known. What are the fifteen? First, they should (ying) receive offerings of food, drink, bedding, reverence, and so forth. Second, they should lead the great assembly to teach and transform all beings. Third, they should enter hamlets, towns, and cities. Fourth, they should subdue various non-Buddhists and others. Fifth, they should swiftly contemplate all dharmas with wisdom. Sixth, they should preach the Dharma neither too quickly nor too slowly, in accord with the Dharma, without weariness. Seventh, they should sit quietly in unoccupied, solitary places, not accumulating or hoarding food, clothing, or any necessities of life, having few desires and being content. Eighth, they should practice wholesome deeds exclusively, without attachment to the dhyānas. Ninth, they should practice the noble conduct of emptiness. Tenth, they should practice the noble conduct of signlessness. Eleventh, they should practice the noble conduct of wishlessness. Twelfth, they should subdue the world and purify the mind through meditation. Thirteenth, they should generate the superior virtues of various supernormal powers. Fourteenth, they should realize the superior virtue of ultimate reality. Fifteenth, they should know as it truly is that all co-born sentient beings attain virtues, in order to benefit all multitudes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.87)
- [Next: 1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.89)
- [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818~en-mt.1.88) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [金光明最勝王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.1.68) — Classical Chinese
- [妙法蓮華經憂波提舍](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.sastra.saddharmapundarikopadesa*zh-bodhiruci.1.14) — Classical Chinese

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1818.1.88) · Pramāṇa
