[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) › [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916) › 1.65 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.65 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.65 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.65) 第一、別釋，言到彼岸者，生死為此岸，涅槃為彼岸，煩惱為中流。菩薩以無相妙慧，乘禪定舟航，從生死此岸，度涅槃彼岸。故知約理定以明波羅蜜。言事究竟者，即是菩薩大悲，為眾生遍修一切事行滿足，故《摩訶衍》云：「菩薩因禪能究竟眾事，禪在菩薩心中，名波羅蜜。」此據事行說波羅蜜。言度無極者，通論事理，悉有幽遠之義，合而言之，故云度無極。此約事理行滿說波羅蜜。 > First, distinctive explanation: As for 'reaching the other shore', samsāra is this shore, nirvāṇa is the other shore, and defilements are the midstream. With signless sublime wisdom, the bodhisattva boards the boat of dhyāna concentration and crosses from this shore of samsāra over to the other shore of nirvāṇa. Thus we know that \[this translation\] explains pāramitā in terms of concentration on the principle. As for 'perfection of matters', this is the bodhisattva's great compassion universally cultivating to completion all practical activities for the sake of sentient beings. Hence the Mahāyāna\[-śāstra\] says: 'Because of dhyāna, the bodhisattva can bring all matters to completion; when dhyāna is in the bodhisattva's mind, it is called pāramitā.' This explains pāramitā based on practical activity. As for 'crossing over without limit', when matters and principle are discussed together, both possess a profound and distant meaning; combined, it is called 'crossing over without limit'. This explains pāramitā in terms of the completion of practices concerning both matters and principle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.64) - [Next: 1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.66) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.1.65) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.65) · Pramāṇa