[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) › [華嚴一乘成佛妙義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890) › 1.14 # 華嚴一乘成佛妙義 1.14 華嚴一乘成佛妙義 1.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890.1.14) 第一人天乘教。此有三成佛：一佛為救三惡道，現身異彼三惡道外即成佛身，如佛現黑象脚等。新羅記云：佛現黑象脚身，見地獄邊無礙行，故欣之植善根。約此義故，云一佛為救三惡道乃至即成佛身等也。二為引人趣現在佛身，如佛為提謂長者現樹神身等。記云：佛初成道，其合河邊樹下示十六尺身及現相好具足身，諸商人等見此佛身為神之奉時善根人。為引是人，現成佛身也。三引人天為現其聖身等，如佛是聖，而興供養成世間福者是。記云：佛在樹下時，梵天知供養佛，而佛默然七日，更梵天請說法，故佛第二七日說法時多人種善根，故云為引人天乃至如人等知佛是聖等也。 > First is the teaching of the vehicle of humans and devas. In this there are three \[ways of\] attaining Buddhahood: First, the Buddha, in order to rescue those in the three evil destinies, manifests a body different from those three evil destinies, which is itself the body of attaining Buddhahood, as when the Buddha manifested \[as a being with\] black elephant's legs and so forth. The Silla record says: "The Buddha manifested a body with black elephant's legs; seeing it walk without obstruction alongside the hells, \[the beings\] rejoiced in it and planted wholesome roots." It is on the basis of this meaning that it says, "First, the Buddha, in order to rescue those in the three evil destinies… is itself the body of attaining Buddhahood," and so forth. Second, in order to guide those of the human destiny, he manifests the present Buddha body, as when the Buddha manifested a tree-spirit body for the elder Trapuṣa and others. The record says: "When the Buddha first attained the Way, beneath the tree on the bank of that confluence of rivers, he displayed a sixteen-foot body and manifested a body fully endowed with the marks and signs. The merchants and others, seeing this Buddha body, took it to be a spirit and made offerings to it; they were people of wholesome roots at that time. In order to guide these people, he manifested the body of attaining Buddhahood." Third, to guide humans and devas, he manifests his noble body, and so on, as when the Buddha, being a noble one, caused \[them\] to produce offerings and accomplish worldly merit. The record says: "When the Buddha was beneath the tree, Brahmā knew to make offerings to the Buddha, but the Buddha remained silent for seven days. Brahmā again requested him to preach the Dharma, and so when the Buddha preached the Dharma in the second seven days, many people planted wholesome roots. Therefore it says, 'to guide humans and devas… as people and others know that the Buddha is a noble one,' and so on." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890.1.13) - [Next: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890.1.15) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890~en-mt.1.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1890.1.14) · Pramāṇa