[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) › 3.118 # 勸發菩提心集 3.118 勸發菩提心集 3.118 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.118) 精進九門者：一、自性，謂諸菩薩其心勇悍，堪能攝受無量善法，利益安樂一切有情，熾然無間無有顛倒，及此所起身語意勤，名進自性。一切者，在家出家各有三種：一擐甲、二攝善、三饒益。擐甲者，謂諸菩薩於發加行精進之前，其心勇悍，先擐誓甲：「若我為脫一切有情苦，以千大劫等日夜，處那落迦，不在餘趣，證得菩提。假使過此百千俱胝倍數時劫方證菩提，我之勇悍亦無退屈。」於求菩提非不進趣，既進趣已勤勇無懈，何況所經時短苦薄，名擐甲精進。攝善精進者，能為六加行能成辨六度，此復有七：一、無動精進，一切分別本隨惑異論苦觸不傾動故；二、堅固進，殷重加行故；三、無量進，能現證一切明處故；四、方便相應進，所應得義無倒順行等通達故；五、無倒進，為欲證得義願所引故；六、恒常進，無間加行故；七、離慢進，由勸精進離高舉故。由此疾證無上菩提一切善法最勝因緣。云何饒益有情進？此有十一，如戒品說：彼戒此進，彼此差別。難行進者，略有三種：一、無間遠離衣想、食想、臥想、身想，於善無間修無懈廢，名第一難。如是精進盡眾同分，於一切時曾無懈廢，名第二難。平等通達功德相應，不緩不急，無倒能引義利精進，名第三難。 > The nine gates of vīrya: First, intrinsic nature: that is, bodhisattvas possess a courageous mind, capable of gathering immeasurable wholesome dharmas to benefit and bring happiness to all sentient beings, blazing, uninterrupted, and non-erroneous, as well as the exertion of body, speech, and mind arising from this. This is called the intrinsic nature of vīrya. 'All' refers to three kinds each for both householders and renunciants: 1. armor-like \[vīrya\], 2. \[vīrya\] collecting wholesome \[dharmas\], and 3. \[vīrya\] benefiting \[sentient beings\]. Armor-like refers to bodhisattvas who, before arousing preparatory vīrya, have a courageous mind and first put on the armor of vows: 'Even if, to free all sentient beings from suffering, I must dwell in Naraka and no other rebirth for days and nights equal to a thousand great eons before attaining bodhi, and even if it requires a period of eons exceeding this by hundreds of thousands of koṭis of times before attaining bodhi, my courage will not retreat or bend.' In seeking bodhi, they never fail to advance, and having advanced, they exert themselves courageously without slackening; how much less so when the time experienced is short and the suffering slight! This is called armor-like vīrya. Vīrya collecting wholesome \[dharmas\] can perform the six preparations and accomplish the six pāramitās. This also has seven kinds: 1. immovable vīrya, because it is not shaken by any conceptual discrimination, primary or secondary afflictions, heterodox teachings, or painful contacts; 2. firm vīrya, because of earnest preparation; 3. immeasurable vīrya, because of directly realizing all realms of knowledge; 4. vīrya endowed with skillful means, because of thoroughly understanding the non-erroneous, compliant practice of the meaning that should be attained; 5. non-erroneous vīrya, because of being guided by the aspirational vow to realize the meaning; 6. constant vīrya, because of uninterrupted preparation; 7. vīrya free from conceit, because of being free from arrogance through encouraging vigor. Through this, one quickly realizes anuttarā samyaksambodhi and the supreme cause of all wholesome dharmas. What is vīrya that benefits sentient beings? This has eleven kinds, as explained in the chapter on śīla; that was śīla and this is vīrya, which constitutes their difference. Difficult-to-practice vīrya: briefly, there are three kinds: 1. uninterruptedly distancing oneself from thoughts of clothing, food, lying down, and the body, and cultivating wholesome dharmas without interruption, slackening, or abandonment—this is called the first difficulty; 2. practicing such vīrya throughout the entirety of one's lifetime, at all times without ever slackening or abandoning—this is called the second difficulty; 3. equally comprehending and being endowed with virtues, neither too slow nor too rushed, non-erroneously inducing benefit—this is called the third difficulty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.117) - [Next: 3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.119) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862~en-mt.3.118) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [瑜伽師地論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.yogacara.yogacarabhumi*zh-xuanzang.42.74) — Classical Chinese - [成唯識論演祕](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1833.7.477) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.118) · Pramāṇa