釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.53

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1.53

As for the unshared name: the three characters *boluomi* (pāramitā) mean "reaching the other shore." This is based solely on bodhisattvas and all Buddhas; therefore the Mahāyāna Treatise states: "When dhyāna is in the mind of a bodhisattva, it is named pāramitā." This is called unshared. Why is this? Ordinary persons are attached to craving, non-Buddhists are attached to views, and followers of the two vehicles lack great compassion and expedient means and cannot cultivate all dhyāna-concentrations fully; therefore they do not receive the name of "reaching the other shore." Thus it is said that pāramitā is unshared.

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