[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) › [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912) › 3.8 # 止觀輔行傳弘決 3.8 止觀輔行傳弘決 3.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.3.8) ○四通三德中，初文先明用名之意。先問，「為對」下答。次「諸法」下重問，「大論」下重答。「自他初後」等者，菩薩初心常觀涅槃，自行初修也；亦令眾生常觀涅槃，化他初修也；安置諸子祕密藏中，化他後入也；我亦不久自住其中，自行後入也。故知自他初心無不皆修、自他後心無不皆入，即是今文一部正意，始終秖是觀於三德入於三德。何者？且五略中，初發大心去，自行初修也；裂大網去，化他初修也；歸大處去，自他後入也。 > 4. In penetrating the three virtues: the initial text first clarifies the intention of using the names. First a question is asked, and answered from "Is it to counter..." onward. Next, from "All phenomena..." onward, a question is asked again, and answered again from "The \*Dazhidulun\*..." onward. Regarding "self and other, beginning and end" and so forth: the bodhisattva at the initial mind always contemplates nirvāṇa—this is the initial cultivation of personal practice; they also cause sentient beings to always contemplate nirvāṇa—this is the initial cultivation of transforming others; they settle all children within the secret treasury—this is the subsequent entry of transforming others; "I also shall before long abide within it myself"—this is the subsequent entry of personal practice. Therefore, one knows that the initial mind of self and other without exception cultivates, and the subsequent mind of self and other without exception enters; this is precisely the main intention of the entire text here: from beginning to end, it is merely contemplating the three virtues and entering the three virtues. Why? In the five summaries, from initially arousing the great mind onward is the initial cultivation of personal practice; from tearing the great net onward is the initial cultivation of transforming others; from returning to the great place onward is the subsequent entry of self and other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.3.7) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.3.9) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912~en-mt.3.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.3.8) · Pramāṇa