四教義 9.6

9.6

Second, regarding combining the stages to clarify the higher and lower levels of severing and subduing according to the Dàpǐn jīng and the three contemplations: the Dàpǐn jīng says, "The Buddha told Śāriputra: 'If a bodhisattva wishes to be fully endowed with the wisdom of the Path, he should study the perfection of wisdom.'" This is the ten faiths practicing entering emptiness from the provisional, subduing the theoretical views based on craving and views, and wishing to enter the stages of the ten abodes. If one attains the ten abodes, one severs view and thought within the realms. "Wishing to use the wisdom of the Path to become fully endowed with the wisdom of the species of the Path, one should study prajñā." This is entering the provisional from emptiness, entering the ten practices. "Wishing to use the wisdom of the species of the Path to become fully endowed with all-knowledge, one should study prajñā." This is cultivating the correct contemplation of the middle way, entering the stages of the ten dedications of merit. "Wishing to use all-knowledge to become fully endowed with the knowledge of all aspects, one should study prajñā." This is realizing the correct contemplation of the middle way, entering the ten stages. "Wishing to use the knowledge of all aspects to sever the traces of afflictions, one should study prajñā." This is the stage of virtual enlightenment. "When the traces of ignorance and afflictions are exhausted, one is called a Buddha"; this is the stage of wondrous enlightenment. Question: Why does the Dà zhìdù lùn say that the Buddha stated that the three wisdoms are attained in a single mind? Answer: To reveal that in the perfect teaching, from the very first stage, all stages are fully contained. If one clings to this meaning, one goes against the meaning of the separate aspects of the three wisdoms expounded in the "Chapter on the Three Wisdoms".