[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) › 17.14 # 起信論疏筆削記 17.14 起信論疏筆削記 17.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.17.14) 論　供養者，然有三種：財、法、觀行。禮拜者，勒摩三藏說有七種：一我慢禮、二唱和禮，此二非儀。三恭敬禮，敬從心發，運於身口，五輪著地。四無相禮，深入法性，離能所相。五起用禮，觀身與佛同一緣起，如幻如影，普運身心遍禮一切。六內觀禮，但禮身內法身真佛，不緣他佛。七實相禮，若內若外、若凡若佛，同一實相，見佛可禮，亦是邪見。觀身實相，觀佛亦然，名平等禮敬。故文殊偈云：不生不滅故，敬禮無所觀。準《離垢慧所問禮佛法經》，總有八重：一供養、二讚歎、三禮佛、四懺悔、五勸請、六隨喜、七迴向、八發願。八中正意禮佛，餘七皆是禮佛緣由，謂供、讚是禮佛流類，懺、勸、隨喜是禮佛之意，七是都迴禮等功德向於三處，八是敘陳意所希望。然此八重各能除障，供養除慳貪障，感大財富；讚歎除惡口，得無礙辯才；禮佛除我慢，得尊貴身；懺悔除三四障，得依正具足；勸請除謗法，得多聞智慧；隨喜除嫉妬，得大眷屬；迴向除狹劣，成廣大善；發願除退屈，總持諸行。今此文中具有五法，前文有懺悔，後文有發願，然闕迴向，影在文中也。約緣修行者，約三寶勝緣，修入住正行。 > Regarding the Treatise's "Making offerings": there are three kinds: material goods, Dharma, and meditative practice. > Regarding "Bowing in reverence": the Tripiṭaka master Lekemo explained seven kinds: 1. bowing out of arrogance; 2. bowing in unison—these two are not proper etiquette; 3. bowing with respect, where reverence arises from the mind, moves through body and speech, and the five points touch the ground; 4. signless bowing, deeply penetrating dharmatā and free from the marks of subject and object; 5. bowing by initiating function, contemplating one's own body and the Buddha as sharing the same dependent origination, like an illusion or a shadow, universally moving body and mind to bow to all everywhere; 6. internal contemplation bowing, bowing only to the true Buddha of the dharmakāya within one's own body, not directing \[the mind\] to other Buddhas; 7. real-mark bowing, whether inner or outer, whether ordinary person or Buddha, being of the same real mark—to see a Buddha as something that can be bowed to is also a wrong view; contemplating the real mark of one's body, one contemplates the Buddha likewise—this is called equal reverent bowing. Thus Mañjuśrī's verse states: "Because of non-arising and non-ceasing, / I reverently bow without anything to be contemplated." > According to the \*Sūtra on the Method of Bowing to the Buddha Spoken to the Inquirer Vimalamati\*, there are eight stages in all: 1. making offerings, 2. singing praises, 3. bowing to the Buddha, 4. repenting, 5. entreating \[the Buddha to turn the wheel of Dharma\], 6. rejoicing \[in others' merits\], 7. dedicating \[merit\], 8. making vows. Among the eight, the primary intention is bowing to the Buddha; the other seven are all the conditions and causes for bowing to the Buddha. That is, offering and praising are categories akin to bowing to the Buddha; repentance, entreaty, and rejoicing are the intention behind bowing to the Buddha; the seventh is wholly dedicating the merits of bowing and so forth toward the three places; the eighth is stating the wishes in one's mind. Each of these eight stages can eliminate obstacles: making offerings eliminates the obstacle of stinginess and greed, bringing about great wealth; singing praises eliminates harsh speech, bringing about unhindered eloquence; bowing to the Buddha eliminates arrogance, bringing about a noble body; repenting eliminates the three and four obstacles, bringing about the perfection of primary and secondary retributions; entreating eliminates slandering the Dharma, bringing about vast learning and wisdom; rejoicing eliminates jealousy, bringing about a great retinue; dedicating merit eliminates pettiness and inferiority, accomplishing vast goodness; making vows eliminates retreating and giving up, holding together (dhāraṇī) all practices. The present text contains five of these dharmas: earlier in the text was repentance, later in the text is making vows, but it lacks dedication of merit, which is implicitly mirrored in the text. > Regarding "Practicing in reliance on conditions": in reliance on the supreme conditions of the Three Jewels, one cultivates the correct practices of entering the stages of abiding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.17.13) - [Next: 17.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.17.15) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.17.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.17.14) · Pramāṇa