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摩訶止觀 5.79

摩訶止觀 5.79

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5.79

答:俱相有,而果隔難顯,因通易知。如慈童女,以地獄界發佛心。如未得記菩薩,輕得記者,若不生悔,無出罪期。更引諸例:凡聖皆具五陰,不可言聖陰如凡陰。又佛具五眼,豈可以人天果報釋佛眼?佛具五行:病行是四惡界;嬰兒行是人天界;聖行是二乘法界;梵行是菩薩法界;天行是佛法界。

Answer: They are mutually contained as both; but because effects are distinct and segregated, they are hard to discern, whereas causes interpenetrate and are easy to know. Like the maiden Maitrī, from within the hell-realm she aroused the mind of a buddha. Like a bodhisattva who has not received a prophecy despising one who has received a prophecy: if they do not give rise to repentance, there will be no time of release from their offense. Further examples are cited: both ordinary beings and sages possess the five aggregates, but one cannot say that the aggregates of a sage are like those of an ordinary being. Moreover, a buddha possesses the five eyes; how could one interpret the eyes of a buddha using the karmic fruits of humans and gods? A buddha possesses the five practices: the practice regarding illness is the four evil realms; the infant-like practice is the human and deva realms; the noble practice is the dharmadhātu of the two vehicles; the pure practice is the dharmadhātu of bodhisattvas; the celestial practice is the dharmadhātu of buddhas.

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