釋氏要覽 1.56

1.56

The Saṃyuktāgama states: "What is called a Dharma master? The Buddha said: 'If one teaches with respect to form the Dharma of wearying [of it], abandoning desire [for it], and tranquil cessation, one is called a Dharma master; if one teaches with respect to feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness the Dharma of wearying [of them], abandoning desire [for them], and tranquil cessation, one is called a Dharma master.'" The Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā states: "One who practices four dharmas is called a Dharma master: 1. broad and extensive learning, able to retain all words and phrases; 2. definitively and thoroughly knowing the arising and ceasing characteristics of all mundane and supramundane dharmas; 3. attaining the wisdom of meditative absorption, conforming to all scriptures and teachings without dispute; and 4. practicing as taught, without adding or subtracting." The Madhyāntavibhāga has a verse on the ten kinds of Dharma masters, which says: "Namely, copying, making offerings, giving to others, listening, opening and reading, receiving and retaining, properly explaining and preaching, reciting, reflecting upon, and cultivating [the Dharma]."