[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) › 2.90 # 勸發菩提心集 2.90 勸發菩提心集 2.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.2.90) 《法句經》云：「善男子！善知識者，是汝父母，養育汝等菩提身故；善知識者，是汝眼目，示導汝等菩提路故（下略不具善知識言。准此）；是汝脚足，荷負汝等離生死故；是汝梯蹬，扶持汝等至彼岸故；是汝飲食，能使汝等增長法身故；是汝寶衣，覆蓋汝等功德身故；是汝橋梁，運載汝等度有海故；是汝財寶，究攝汝等離貧苦故；是汝日月，照曜汝等離黑闇故；是汝身命，護惜汝等無有怖時故；是汝鎧杖，降伏諸魔得無畏故；是汝絙繩，挽拔汝等離地獄故；是汝妙藥，療治汝等煩惱病故；是汝利刀，割斷汝等諸愛網故；是汝雨，閏漬汝等菩提牙故；是汝燈明，能破汝等五蓋闇故；是汝善標，教示汝等趣正道故；是汝薪火，成熟汝等涅槃食故；是汝弓箭，射殺汝等煩惱賊故；是汝勇將，能破汝等生死軍故；是汝如來，破汝煩惱至涅槃故。善男子！善知識者，有如是等無量功德，是故我今教汝親近。」於是寶明與諸大眾聞佛說此妙法及善知識要句，舉聲號哭，淚下如雨，悲啼懊惱，不能自裁。自念：「我身從曠劫來，為善知識之所守護，是故今日值於如來，得聞深法，如是遇者，善知識力，非我力能。」自念：「我等從本已來，未曾報恩方便親近。」說此語已，重復舉聲。知識大文與《瑜伽》同。 > The \*Dharmapada-sūtra\* states: "Good sons! A kalyāṇamitra is your father and mother, because they nurture your bodhi-body; a kalyāṇamitra is your eyes, because they guide you onto the path of bodhi (below, the words 'a kalyāṇamitra' are omitted in part; understand it in this way); they are your feet, because they carry you away from saṃsāra; they are your ladder, because they support you to reach the other shore; they are your food and drink, because they can make your Dharma-body grow; they are your precious clothing, because they cover your body of virtues; they are your bridge, because they convey you across the ocean of existence; they are your wealth and jewels, because they thoroughly gather you and free you from the suffering of poverty; they are your sun and moon, because they shine upon you and free you from darkness; they are your bodily life, because they protect and cherish you so that there is no time of fear; they are your armor and weapons, because they subdue the māras so that you attain fearlessness; they are your heavy rope, because they pull and extract you out of the hells; they are your wondrous medicine, because they cure your disease of afflictions; they are your sharp sword, because they cut off all your nets of craving; they are your rain, because they moisten your sprouts of bodhi; they are your lamp, because they can destroy the darkness of your five hindrances; they are your good marker, because they instruct you to proceed toward the right path; they are your firewood, because they ripen your food of nirvāṇa; they are your bow and arrow, because they shoot and kill your thieves of afflictions; they are your brave general, because they can break your army of saṃsāra; they are your Tathāgata, because they crush your afflictions and bring you to nirvāṇa. Good sons! A kalyāṇamitra possesses such immeasurable virtues as these; therefore, I now teach you to draw near \[to them\]." Thereupon Baoming and the great assembly, having heard the Buddha preach this wondrous Dharma and these essential phrases concerning kalyāṇamitras, lifted up their voices and wept aloud, tears falling like rain, grieving, weeping, and distressed, unable to contain themselves. They thought to themselves: "From vast eons past, our bodies have been guarded and protected by kalyāṇamitras, and for this reason we have today encountered the Tathāgata and been able to hear the deep Dharma; encountering them in this way is through the power of kalyāṇamitras, not through our own power." They thought to themselves: "From the beginning until now, we have never repaid their kindness through skillful means of drawing near." Having spoken these words, they once more raised their voices \[in weeping\]. The general text on kalyāṇamitras is the same as in the \*Yogācārabhūmi\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.2.89) - [Next: 2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.2.91) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862~en-mt.2.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.2.90) · Pramāṇa