翻譯名義集 4.62

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【波羅蜜】《大論》：「又云阿羅蜜，秦言遠離；波羅蜜，秦言度彼岸。此二音相近，義相會故，以阿羅蜜，釋波羅蜜。」天台《禪門》云：「一者諸經論中，多翻到彼岸，生死為此岸，涅槃為彼岸，煩惱為中流。菩薩以無相智慧，乘禪定舟航，從生死此岸，到涅槃彼岸，故知約理定以明波羅蜜。二者大論別翻事究竟，即是菩薩大悲，為眾生遍修一切事行滿足故。三瑞應經翻度無極，通論事理，悉有幽遠之義。合而言之，故云度無極，此約事理行滿說波羅蜜。」

[Pāramī] The Dazhidulun says: "It is also called aramī (arami), which in the language of Qin means 'distancing'; pāramī (pārami), in the language of Qin, means 'crossing to the other shore.' Because these two sounds are close and their meanings correspond, aramī is used to explain pāramī." The Tiantai Chanmen states: "First, in many sutras and treatises it is mostly translated as 'reaching the other shore': birth and death is this shore, nirvāṇa is the other shore, and defilements are the midstream. The bodhisattva, using formless wisdom and boarding the vessel of meditative concentration, goes from this shore of birth and death to the other shore of nirvāṇa; thus we know pāramitā is explained in terms of principle and absorption. Second, the Dazhidulun translates it separately as 'ultimate completion of affairs,' which means that through great compassion the bodhisattva universally cultivates all practical actions to full completion. Third, the Ruiying jing translates it as 'crossing the limitless,' which, discussing both principle and affairs together, possesses a profound and far-reaching meaning. Taken together, it is thus called 'crossing the limitless'; this explains pāramitā in terms of the full completion of both principle and affairs."