[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) › 3.86 # 勸發菩提心集 3.86 勸發菩提心集 3.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.86) 《莊嚴》第十二，菩薩有七似饒益：一似母、二似父、三似善友、四似同侶、五似健奴、六似闍梨、七似和上。似母者，譬如慈母於子作五饒益業：一懷胎、二出生、三長養、四防害、五教語。菩薩饒益眾生五業亦爾：一等心向眾生、二生之於聖地、三長養諸善根、四防護諸惡作、五教習以多聞。譬如慈父於子作五種饒益業：一下種子、二教工巧、三為娉室、四付善友、五為絕債不令後償。菩薩五業亦爾：一令起信以為聖體種子、二令學增上戒定以為工巧、三令得解脫喜樂以為娉室、四令勸請諸佛以為善友、五為遮諸障礙以為絕債。譬如善友於己作五饒益業：一密語為覆、二惡行令斷、三善行稱譽、四所造佐助、五遮習惡事。惡事四種：一射獵、二奸非、三耽酒、四博戲。菩薩五業亦爾：一非器者祕其深說、二犯戒者如法呵責、三具戒者以善稱譽、四修行者教令速證、五魔事者即令覺知。譬如有智同侶於己，作五饒益業：一與樂、二與利、三恒與樂、四恒與利、五不乖離。菩薩五業亦然：一與不顛倒樂世間成就者名樂，由此得樂受故；二與不顛倒利出世成就者名利，由此對治煩惱病故。餘三可解。譬如健奴為主作五饒益業：一極諸所作、二得不欺誑、三忍諸打罵、四作事精好、五解巧於便。菩薩亦爾：一成熟眾生、二開示出要、三忍諸惡事、四與世間樂、五與出世利。譬如闍梨於弟子作五饒益業：一教其諸法、二示其速要、三身知舒顏、四口知愛語、五心無悕望。譬如和上於弟子所作五饒益業：一度令出家、二與其受戒、三禁斷諸過、四攝持以財、五教授以法。菩薩亦然：一令滿二聚、二令得解脫、三令斷諸障、四與世間樂、五與出世利。 > In the twelfth \[chapter\] of the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, the bodhisattva has seven resemblances of benefactors: first, resembling a mother; second, resembling a father; third, resembling a good friend; fourth, resembling a companion; fifth, resembling a capable slave; sixth, resembling an ācārya; seventh, resembling an upādhyāya. Resembling a mother: just as a loving mother performs five beneficial actions for her child—first, bearing the child in the womb; second, giving birth; third, nurturing; fourth, preventing harm; fifth, teaching speech. The bodhisattva's five actions of benefiting sentient beings are also like this: first, facing sentient beings with an impartial mind; second, giving birth to them in noble grounds; third, nurturing wholesome roots; fourth, protecting against unwholesome actions; fifth, teaching and training them with extensive learning. Just as a loving father performs five kinds of beneficial actions for his child: first, planting seeds; second, teaching crafts; third, arranging a marriage; fourth, entrusting to a good friend; fifth, settling debts so that there is no repayment later. The bodhisattva's five actions are also like this: first, causing them to arouse faith as the seed of the noble substance; second, causing them to train in the higher morality and higher meditation as crafts; third, causing them to attain the joy of liberation as arranging a marriage; fourth, causing them to entreat the Buddhas as good friends; fifth, blocking all obstacles as settling debts. Just as a good friend performs five beneficial actions for oneself: first, concealing secret matters; second, causing evil deeds to be severed; third, praising good deeds; fourth, assisting in endeavors; fifth, warding off habituation to evil deeds. There are four kinds of evil deeds: first, hunting; second, sexual misconduct; third, indulgence in alcohol; fourth, gambling. The bodhisattva's five actions are also like this: first, concealing profound explanations from those who are not proper vessels; second, reproving precept-breakers according to the Dharma; third, praising those who possess the precepts with wholesome \[words\]; fourth, instructing practitioners to swiftly realize \[the goal\]; fifth, immediately making them aware of demonic affairs. Just as a wise companion performs five beneficial actions for oneself: first, providing happiness; second, providing benefit; third, constantly providing happiness; fourth, constantly providing benefit; fifth, not departing. The bodhisattva's five actions are likewise: first, providing non-perverted happiness, which is called happiness for mundane accomplishments, because by this one obtains pleasant feeling; second, providing non-perverted benefit, which is called benefit for supramundane accomplishments, because by this one counters the disease of afflictions. The remaining three can be understood. Just as a capable slave performs five beneficial actions for the master: first, exhausting all efforts; second, being truthful without deception; third, enduring all beatings and scoldings; fourth, doing work meticulously and well; fifth, being clever and resourceful in expedient means. The bodhisattva is also like this: first, maturing sentient beings; second, revealing the essential path of transcendence; third, enduring all evil matters; fourth, providing mundane happiness; fifth, providing supramundane benefit. Just as an ācārya performs five beneficial actions for a disciple: first, teaching dharmas; second, demonstrating the swift and essential; third, having a relaxed countenance in body; fourth, having affectionate speech in mouth; fifth, having no expectations in mind. Just as an upādhyāya performs five beneficial actions for a disciple: first, enabling ordination; second, conferring the precepts; third, prohibiting and cutting off faults; fourth, sustaining with material goods; fifth, instructing with the Dharma. The bodhisattva is likewise: first, causing fulfillment of the two accumulations; second, causing attainment of liberation; third, causing severance of all obstacles; fourth, providing mundane happiness; fifth, providing supramundane benefit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.85) - [Next: 3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.87) - [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.3.86) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [梵網經述記卷第一](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2797.1.48) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1862.3.86) · Pramāṇa