[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) › [華嚴一乘教義分齊章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866) › 2.55 # 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 2.55 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 2.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.55) 問：「八地已上一切菩薩，於煩惱障永伏不行，以無漏智果恒相續故，如阿羅漢，既無現行惑，何得更受分段之身耶？」答：「若是凡夫，即以現惑潤業受生。聖人不爾，但留惑種用以受生，故《雜集論》云『一切聖人皆以隨眠力故結生相續。』又梁《攝論》云『異凡夫故永伏上心，異二乘故留彼種子。』解云：聖人受生非現潤，彼復留種子，如何不受分段身耶？若言八地已上以智障為緣受變易者，所留惑種即便無用，何不於此第八地初永害一切煩惱種耶？彼既不爾，此云何然？若約迴向菩提聲聞已斷煩惱者，彼即可以所知障受變易身，通諸位也。」 > Question: "All bodhisattvas from the eighth stage upward permanently subdue afflictive obscurations so that they do not become active, because the fruition of taintless gnosis constantly continues—just like an arhat. Since they have no active afflictions, how could they still receive a fragmentary body?" > Answer: "If one is an ordinary person, they moisten karma with active afflictions to receive rebirth. The noble ones are not like this; they merely retain affliction seeds and use them to receive rebirth. Therefore the Abhidharmasamuccayavyākhyā states: 'All noble ones tie rebirth in succession through the force of anuśaya.' Furthermore, the Liang translation of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha states: 'Because they are different from ordinary people, they permanently subdue manifest mental activity; because they are different from the two vehicles, they retain those seeds.' The explanation is: The rebirth received by noble ones is not through the moistening of manifest \[afflictions\], yet they retain the seeds—how could they not receive a fragmentary body? If one claims that those from the eighth stage upward take on a transformation body conditioned by cognitive obscurations, then the retained affliction seeds would be useless. Why would they not permanently destroy all affliction seeds at the very beginning of this eighth stage? Since that is not the case, how could this be so? If spoken in terms of a śrāvaka who has turned toward bodhi and already severed afflictions, that person may indeed receive a transformation body through cognitive obscurations, extending across the various stages." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.54) - [Next: 2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.56) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866~en-mt.2.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.2.55) · Pramāṇa