[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) › [大乘義章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851) › 12.48 # 大乘義章 12.48 大乘義章 12.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.12.48) 五無量者，是化他智。名字是何？一眾生界無量、二世界無量、三法界無量、四調伏界無量、五調伏方便界無量。善知所化眾生差別，名眾生無量。善知眾生住處不同，名世界無量。知諸眾生心心所起善惡等法，用之教化，名法界無量。知諸眾生根性差別，名調伏無量。然此非直知調伏心，亦知不調，以調為主，故偏言耳。知度生法，名調伏方便。度生法中行修善巧，名為方便。用此授人調令起行，名調伏方便。又復令他起行善巧，亦名方便。問曰：如彼四無量心名為無量，今此五種亦名無量，無量之言為當在境？為就心說？釋言：不偏。癈心論境，四境五境俱是無量。約境論心，四無量心五無量智皆是無量。名義如是（此一門竟）。 > The five immeasurables are the wisdom that transforms others. What are their names? The first is the immeasurable sentient-being realm; the second is the immeasurable world realm; the third is the immeasurable dharma realm; the fourth is the immeasurable taming realm; the fifth is the immeasurable skillful-means-of-taming realm. Skillfully knowing the differences among the sentient beings to be transformed is called 'immeasurable sentient beings'. Skillfully knowing the differences among the dwelling places of sentient beings is called 'immeasurable worlds'. Knowing the dharmas, such as wholesome and unwholesome, that arise from the minds and mental factors of all sentient beings, and utilizing them to teach and transform, is called 'immeasurable dharma realm'. Knowing the differences in the faculties and natures of all sentient beings is called 'immeasurable taming'. Yet this does not merely mean knowing the tamed mind; it also means knowing the untamed; because taming is primary, it is spoke of in this one-sided manner. Knowing the dharmas for crossing over sentient beings is called 'skillful means of taming'. In the dharmas for crossing over sentient beings, skill in cultivation is called 'skillful means'. Using this to impart to people and tame them so as to induce them to give rise to practice is called 'skillful means of taming'. Furthermore, causing others to give rise to skill in practice is also called 'skillful means'. Question: Just as those four immeasurable minds are called 'immeasurable', now these five kinds are also called 'immeasurable'; does the term 'immeasurable' apply to the objective sphere, or is it stated with respect to the mind? Explanation: It is not biased toward one. Setting aside the mind and discussing the objective sphere, the four spheres and the five spheres are both immeasurable. Viewing the mind in terms of the objective sphere, the four immeasurable minds and the five immeasurable wisdoms are all immeasurable. Such are their names and meanings (this concludes the first gate). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.12.47) - [Next: 12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.12.49) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851~en-mt.12.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1851.12.48) · Pramāṇa