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# 法界次第初門 3.167

法界次第初門 3.167

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.167)

二、大悲。佛住大悲心中，以大悲善根力故，能實拔一切眾生世間苦、分段生死苦，及變易生死苦，故云悲能拔苦。前四無量中悲，雖心念救苦，而眾生實未得脫苦，不名大悲也。有二種拔苦，意同慈中分別，但有拔苦之異，故名大，即是藥樹王身也。

> Second, great compassion. The Buddha abides in the mind of great compassion, and by the power of the wholesome roots of great compassion, he can genuinely pull all sentient beings out of worldly suffering, the suffering of demarcated saṃsāra, and the suffering of transformative saṃsāra; hence it is said that compassion can eradicate suffering. As for the compassion within the preceding four immeasurables, although there is the mental intention to rescue from suffering, sentient beings do not actually escape suffering, and hence it is not called great compassion. There are two kinds of eradicating suffering, the meaning being distinguished in the same manner as in benevolence, with only the difference of eradicating suffering. Hence it is called 'great'; this is the body of the medicinal tree king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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