[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 6.171 # 摩訶止觀 6.171 摩訶止觀 6.171 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.171) 二、滿本弘誓者，初發心時起四弘誓，與虛空等。空假兩觀，知苦斷集，猶如枝葉；所未知、斷，喻若根本。空假兩觀，修道證滅，猶如燈炬；諸山幽闇，力不能明。雖修兩觀，誓願未滿。譬如百川不能溢海；娑伽羅龍王所霔泉池，一霔即滿。中道正觀亦復如是。知一切苦，斷法界集，修無上道，證究竟滅。為滿本願故，須修第三觀。 > Second, fulfilling the original vast vows: when one first arouses the aspiration \[for bodhi\], one generates the four vast vows, which are equal to empty space. The two contemplations of emptiness and the provisional know suffering and sever its accumulation as if dealing with branches and leaves; what has not yet been known and severed is likened to the root. The two contemplations of emptiness and the provisional cultivate the path and realize cessation as if they were a torch; they lack the power to illuminate the dark obscurity of the mountains. Although one cultivates the two contemplations, the vows are not yet fulfilled. It is, for example, like a hundred rivers being unable to overflow the ocean; when the dragon king Sāgara pours down rain into springs and ponds, with a single downpour they are filled. The correct contemplation of the middle way is also like this: it knows all suffering, severs the accumulation of the dharmadhātu, cultivates the unsurpassed path, and realizes ultimate cessation. In order to fulfill the original vows, one must cultivate the third contemplation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.170) - [Next: 6.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.172) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.6.171) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.171) · Pramāṇa