[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) › 5.27 # 起信論疏筆削記 5.27 起信論疏筆削記 5.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.5.27) 疏　四中下，三、別判也。只此一類劣機，復有上中下異。今以第五為下根，第六為中根，第七為上根，第八總策勸也。問：據前次第皆自勝之劣，何以此後却從劣向勝耶？答：勝根菩薩據尊卑以列之，退位有情念劣者而先救，故為此次。由是前顯菩薩之智，後彰菩薩之悲也。 > Commentary: "Among the four..." Third, specific determination. Within this single class of inferior capacities, there are again differences of higher, middling, and lower. Now, the fifth is taken as lower faculties, the sixth as middling faculties, the seventh as higher faculties, and the eighth as a general encouragement and exhortation. Question: According to the preceding sequence, it proceeds from superior to inferior; why from here onward does it turn from inferior to superior? Answer: Bodhisattvas of superior faculties are arranged according to status and precedence; sentient beings in retrogression are considered by saving the inferior first; therefore this sequence is followed. From this, the former manifests the bodhisattva's wisdom, and the latter displays the bodhisattva's compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.5.26) - [Next: 5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.5.28) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.5.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.5.27) · Pramāṇa