[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) › [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925) › 3.90 # 法界次第初門 3.90 法界次第初門 3.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.90) 次諸陀羅尼而辯四攝者，菩薩若內具諸三昧陀羅尼，自行既充，必須外引含識，同己所行之道。然大士利物廣濟，莫若四無量心與四攝法。但四無量心名目既已先辯，豈繁重出？四攝善巧接引之要，故次而明之。此四通言攝者，眾生情所愛者，即是此之四法。若大士用此四法，同情接引，則物之所歸焉。若眾生依附，方乃導以大乘正道而度脫之。故云：「先以欲鉤牽，後令入佛道。」 > Next, explaining the four means of embrace after the various dhāraṇīs: if a bodhisattva is internally endowed with the various samādhis and dhāraṇīs, their personal practice is already replete, and they must outwardly guide conscious beings to join the path of their own practice. When a great being benefits beings and delivers them widely, nothing surpasses the four immeasurable minds and the four dharmas of embrace. However, since the items of the four immeasurable minds have already been explained earlier, why should they be repeated unnecessarily? Because the four means of embrace are the essentials of skillful guidance, they are elucidated next. These four are collectively called 'embrace' because what sentient beings naturally love are precisely these four dharmas. If a great being uses these four dharmas to accommodate their inclinations and guide them, sentient beings will take refuge in them. Once sentient beings attach themselves and rely upon them, \[the bodhisattva\] only then guides them with the correct path of the Mahāyāna to liberate them. Therefore it is said: 'First draw them with the hook of desires, and afterward cause them to enter the Buddha path.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.89) - [Next: 3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.91) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.90) · Pramāṇa