[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) › [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937) › 4.35 # 四明尊者教行錄 4.35 四明尊者教行錄 4.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.35) 答：釋經淺深各有其致。今經隨喜具有二種，謂內解、外事，外事容可淺釋，內解須作深明。若〈勸發品〉，既是普賢遠來重請說經，如來因茲略演四法，若非開示悟入總括一經，何能酬其所請。能請之位既高，所得之經豈淺？故不可但作手得經卷解也。彼《般若經》手得耳聞既成菩提之種，豈無善根者有斯遭遇耶？若成不壞之種，即有出離之期，故有速坐定得之謂也。況彼手執耳聞，寧可一向作淺事解之？且夫弘經本為生善，若不以理行策之，其可得乎？ > Answer: Expositions of sūtras have their respective reasons for being shallow or deep. In the present sūtra, joyful praise possesses two kinds: internal understanding and external affairs. External affairs may well be interpreted shallowly, but internal understanding must be made deeply clear. As for the 'Chapter on Encouragement', since Samantabhadra came from afar to request the expounding of the sūtra again, and the Tathāgata based on this briefly expounded the four dharmas, if it did not summarize the whole sūtra with opening, displaying, awakening to, and entering, how could it fulfill his request? Since the rank of the petitioner is high, how could the attained sūtra be shallow? Therefore, it must not be understood merely as holding the sūtra scroll in hand. As for that Prajñā Sūtra, since holding it in hand and hearing it with the ears constitute the seed of bodhi, how could anyone without roots of goodness encounter this? If it constitutes an indestructible seed, then there is an appointed time for liberation; hence there is the statement of swiftly sitting and being certain to attain. How much less should holding it in hand and hearing it with the ears be exclusively understood as shallow affairs? Furthermore, propagating the sūtra is fundamentally for generating goodness; if one does not spur it with the practice of principle, how could that be attained? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.34) - [Next: 4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.36) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937~en-mt.4.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.4.35) · Pramāṇa