[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) › [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848) › 16.48 # 起信論疏筆削記 16.48 起信論疏筆削記 16.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.16.48) 論　諸佛菩薩者，即前所值佛菩薩等。此中既教令發心，猶在信位，所值之佛或化或報也。疏　約勝緣者，即佛及菩薩、眾生苦、正法滅，皆是勝緣。佛菩薩等既垂誨勗，焉不發心？我等每遇微智片福之人有所勸喻，尚自發心，況佛及菩薩親授教誨耶？或觀一切眾生與己無異，但以迷真執妄，枉受輪迴，是故起大悲心，咸欲濟度。自愧力小，事與願違故，且發心趣求佛果，剋備神用，方堪拯濟。故《十地經》云：見諸眾生孤獨無侶，生哀愍心。此如有人見民疲極，賦重役繁，正令不行，罔知所訴，自惟無力，如何治之？因而進德修業，求薦取仕，務去民瘼，令上下無怨，以致治也。或見佛法將滅，眾生無依，為欲護持，又寡道力，故發心修行，以希入證，隨其力用方能振舉。 > On the treatise's "Buddhas and bodhisattvas": These are the Buddhas and bodhisattvas encountered previously. Here, since they instruct them to generate the mind while still in the stage of faith, the Buddhas encountered are either transformation or reward \[bodies\]. On the commentary's "in terms of supreme conditions": Buddhas, bodhisattvas, the suffering of sentient beings, and the extinction of the true Dharma are all supreme conditions. Since Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and others have condescended to instruct and encourage, how could one not generate the mind? Whenever we meet persons of meager wisdom and slight merit who offer exhortation, we still generate the mind—how much more so when Buddhas and bodhisattvas personally impart instructions? Or one contemplates all sentient beings as no different from oneself, yet because they are deluded about the real and cling to the false, they vainly suffer saṃsāra; therefore one generates the mind of great compassion, wishing to deliver them all. Ashamed of one's own slight power and that deeds fall short of vows, one generates the mind to aspire to the fruit of Buddhahood, to fully attain spiritual functions so that one can truly bring rescue. Thus the Daśabhūmika-sūtra says: "Seeing all sentient beings solitary and without companions, one generates a mind of pity." This is like someone who sees the people utterly exhausted by heavy taxes and onerous labor, with righteous orders not implemented and no place to appeal; reflecting on his lack of power to govern it, he therefore advances in virtue and cultivates his vocation, seeking recommendation to hold office, striving to remove the people's ailments and leave neither superiors nor inferiors resentful, thereby bringing about good governance. Or seeing that the Buddha-Dharma is about to be extinguished and sentient beings have nothing to rely upon, wishing to protect it, yet lacking spiritual power, one generates the mind to cultivate practice in hopes of attaining realization, so that through one's power and function one can revitalize it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.16.47) - [Next: 16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.16.49) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.16.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.16.48) · Pramāṇa