華嚴五十要問答 2.24

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問：諸教誦陀羅尼呪法差別云何？答：誦呪利益，滅罪生福，乃至成自利利他證果等用。此文在三乘終教，通彼一乘用。何以故？應法界故。小乘無此教也。又有四種陀羅尼：一法；二義；三呪術；四忍，亦名為遮忍，知一切言說、一切法自性義不可得，名忍陀羅尼。後二陀羅尼出《地持論》。又十陀羅尼是一乘文義，如〈離世間品〉說。印相施設、工巧字相等竝準此知。

Question: What are the differences among the methods of reciting dhāraṇī incantations in the various teachings?

Answer: The benefits of reciting incantations include eradicating transgressions, generating merit, and even culminating in the functions of benefiting oneself and others, realizing fruits, and so forth. This text is in the final teaching of the triyāna, and is applied generally to the Ekayāna. Why? Because it responds to the dharmadhātu. The Hīnayāna does not have this teaching. Furthermore, there are four kinds of dhāraṇī: 1. Dharma; 2. Meaning; 3. Incantation; 4. Receptivity (kṣānti), also called "restraining receptivity"—knowing that the intrinsic nature and meaning of all speech and all dharmas cannot be obtained is called the dhāraṇī of receptivity. The latter two dhāraṇīs appear in the *Bodhisattvabhūmi*. Furthermore, the ten dhāraṇīs are the text and meaning of the Ekayāna, as spoken in the chapter "Transcending the World." The deployment of mudrās, technical skill, letter-characteristics, and so forth may all be understood by analogy to this.