瑜伽論記 6.412

6.412

答第三問中，是諸菩薩所現行事，非此義中意所許施等者，景云：此釋疑難。難云：菩薩行施本為安樂前人而行惠施，云何逼惱妻子乃至大男大女等令其苦惱將施前人？為通此難，故云：是諸菩薩終無逼惱妻子行施事，非此中意所許施，以無逼惱此人生彼人安樂故。若爾，云何向言將妻子施？為答此問，故下答意者菩薩有三因緣將妻子施：一、有自在力能制伏彼伏將他施時自知無罪：二、以方便勸導教化令無嫌恨：三、知前人得我妻子不為損惱，由具三義將妻子施，闕一不可。

In answering the third question, regarding 'this is what bodhisattvas actually practice, and is not a gift permitted in intention within this meaning,' and so forth, Jing says: This resolves a doubt and objection. The objection states: A bodhisattva practices giving originally to bring peace and happiness to the other person; how could one coerce one's wife and children, down to eldest sons and daughters, making them suffer, in order to give them away to another? To resolve this objection, it is therefore said: These bodhisattvas never coerce wives and children in practicing giving, and this is not a gift permitted in intention here, because one does not bring happiness to another person by coercing this person. If so, why was it said earlier that one gives away wives and children? To answer this question, the intention of the answer below is that a bodhisattva gives away wives and children through three conditions: first, having masterly power capable of subduing them, knowing oneself to be blameless when giving them away; second, through expedient means, exhorting and instructing them so that they have no resentment; third, knowing that the other person receiving one's wife and children will not harm them. By possessing these three meanings, one gives away wives and children; lacking even one, it is impermissible.