[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) › [觀心論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921) › 1.16 # 觀心論疏 1.16 觀心論疏 1.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.16) 偈云：「能報白鴉恩，普施烏鴉食，既有好良田，有平等種子。法雨應時降，法種皆增長，各有未來資，俱獲三利樂。」此兩偈明有平等種子，復有好良田，能施烏鴉食、能報白鴉恩也。何者？然佛聖人能覺悟眾生，不令為三毒諸煩惱、蛇毒所傷，即是聖人於眾生有恩。如白鴉覺悟於王，不為毒蛇所害也。經云：「依教修行名報佛恩，能助佛宣化亦名報於聖恩。」而今行者依念處觀慧、依木叉而住，即是依教修行，名報佛恩。復能以己之行化導一切眾生，即是普施烏鴉之食，能報白鴉之恩也。又有戒良田、有慧種子，有行有解之機必招聖應，應則必獲利也。「為是因緣故，須造觀心論」半行結也。 > The verse states: 'Being able to repay the benevolence of the white raven, / Giving food universally to black crows, / Since there is already a good, fertile field, / And there are equal seeds: / The rain of the Dharma falls in accordance with the season, / The Dharma seeds all grow, / Each has provisions for the future, / Together obtaining the three kinds of benefit and joy.' These two verses explain that having equal seeds and furthermore having a good, fertile field enable one to give food to black crows and to repay the benevolence of the white raven. How so? The Buddha, the sage, can awaken sentient beings so that they are not harmed by the three poisons, the various defilements, and the venom of snakes; this is the sage being benevolent toward sentient beings, just as the white raven awakened the king so that he was not harmed by the poisonous snake. A sūtra states: 'Practicing in accordance with the teaching is called repaying the Buddha's benevolence; being able to assist the Buddha in proclaiming the transformation is also called repaying the sage's benevolence.' Now, when a practitioner relies on the contemplative wisdom of the smṛtyupasthānas and abides by the prātimokṣa, this is practicing in accordance with the teaching, which is called repaying the Buddha's benevolence. Furthermore, being able to transform and guide all sentient beings with one's own practice is universally giving food to black crows, and can repay the benevolence of the white raven. Moreover, there is the fertile field of precepts, and there are the seeds of wisdom; the capacity endowed with practice and understanding will certainly invite the sage's response, and upon responding, one is sure to obtain benefit. 'For this reason, / One must compose the Treatise on Contemplating the Mind' is the half-verse concluding this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.17) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921~en-mt.1.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.16) · Pramāṇa