[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) › [勸發菩提心集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862) › 1.36 # 勸發菩提心集 1.36 勸發菩提心集 1.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.1.36) 次說隨順行自他利行（有六大）：大依者，依止大菩提而發心故。大行者，為利自他而發行故。大果者，今得無上大菩提故。大取者，初發心時攝一切眾生故。大忍者，發行時忍一切大苦故。大義者，得果時廣利一切眾生業成就故。復有四大：一勝出大，於三有五趣中而勝出故。二寂靜大，隨向無住處涅槃故。三功德大，福智二聚增長故。四者利物大，常依大悲不捨眾生故。依《發菩提心論》初意，讚勸發心，說諸功德所修勝行能有對治利益，讚佛菩薩及以法僧種種功德，令其發心。云諸佛子若佛弟子受持佛語，能為眾生演說法者，應先稱揚佛之功德，眾生聞已乃能發心求佛智慧，以發心故佛種不斷。若比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷念佛念法，又念如來行菩薩道時，為求法故阿僧祇劫受諸勤苦，此意應念佛恩，勤苦求法為我等故。今應如是為報佛恩，適為他說令其發心修菩薩行。以如是念，為菩薩說法乃至一偈。菩薩得聞是法示教利喜，當種善根修習佛法，得無上菩提。為斷無量眾生無始生死諸苦惱故，欲成無量身心精進，深發大願，行大方便，起大慈悲，求大智慧，乃至如來無見頂相，求如是等諸佛大法，當知法無量故，福德果報亦無量。 > Next, explaining the practice that accords with benefiting self and others (it has six great aspects): Great Reliance: because one arouses the mind in reliance upon great bodhi. Great Practice: because one initiates practice to benefit oneself and others. Great Fruit: because one presently attains unsurpassed great bodhi. Great Adoption: because at the time of initial arousal of the mind, one gathers all sentient beings. Great Endurance: because at the time of initiating practice, one endures all great sufferings. Great Purpose: because at the time of attaining the fruit, one's activities of widely benefiting all sentient beings are accomplished. Furthermore, there are four great things: first, Great Transzendence, because one transcends the three realms of existence and five destinies; second, Great Quiescence, because one accords with and turns toward non-abiding nirvāṇa; third, Great Merit, because the two accumulations of merit and wisdom increase; fourth, Great Benefiting of Beings, because one constantly relies on great compassion and does not abandon sentient beings. Relying on the initial intention of the \*Bodhidharmacitta-śāstra\*, it praises and encourages the arousal of the mind, expounding that the various merits and superior practices cultivated are able to provide antidotes and benefits, and praising the various virtues of the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, Dharma, and Saṅgha to cause them to arouse the mind. It says: If sons of the Buddha or disciples of the Buddha uphold the Buddha's words and can expound the Dharma for sentient beings, they should first praise the Buddha's virtues; when sentient beings hear this, they can then arouse the mind to seek the Buddha's wisdom, and because of this arousal of the mind, the lineage of the Buddhas is not cut off. If bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, and upāsikās are mindful of the Buddha and the Dharma, and also mindful of when the Tathāgata was practicing the bodhisattva path, undergoing various hardships for asaṃkhyeya kalpas for the sake of seeking the Dharma, with this intention they should be mindful of the Buddha's benevolence, \[knowing that\] his arduous search for the Dharma was for our sake. Now, in order to repay the Buddha's benevolence in this way, one should appropriately speak to others to cause them to arouse the mind and cultivate bodhisattva practices. With such mindfulness, one expounds the Dharma to a bodhisattva, even down to a single verse. When the bodhisattva hears this Dharma, being instructed, encouraged, and gladdened, he will plant wholesome roots, cultivate the Buddha-dharma, and attain unsurpassed bodhi. In order to sever the various sufferings of limitless sentient beings in beginningless saṃsāra, wishing to accomplish limitless physical and mental vigor, he deeply arouses great vows, practices great expedients, gives rise to great loving-kindness and compassion, seeks great wisdom, up to the Tathāgata's mark of the invisible uṣṇīṣa, seeking such great dharmas of all Buddhas. One should know that because the Dharma is limitless, the retribution of merit and virtue is also limitless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.1.35) - [Next: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.1.37) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862~en-mt.1.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘莊嚴經論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.mahayanasutralankara!bhasya*zh-prabhakaramitra.2.42) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.1.36) · Pramāṇa