[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) › [維摩經義記卷第四](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769) › 4.28 # 維摩經義記卷第四 4.28 維摩經義記卷第四 4.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.28) 時維摩詰已下第二大段。維摩知其意者。知其非直為菩薩亦自為己須食之意。就中開為二句。第一句譏其結業生身不能無待。佛說八解。仁者受行。豈雜欲食而聞法乎者。佛說八解脫。仁者受行斯法。正應遊心八解以法食為先。豈得雜須欲食之意而聞正法乎。又解。揣食有色香味觸。是即五欲雜穢之食也。又解。譏身子為法來不食為來。八解本能除患即是法食。今聽法除患。亦是病之良藥。今存食不為法。似若昔八解不除患。今法亦非良藥。故執今昔以呵之。 > From "Then Vimalakīrti" downward is the second major section. "Vimalakīrti knew his thought": he knew that it was not solely for the bodhisattvas, but also his own intention of needing food. Within this, it is divided into two sentences. The first sentence teases him that, being a body born of binding karma, he cannot be without dependence. "The Buddha taught the eight liberations; you have received and practiced them. How could you listen to the Dharma mingled with the desire for food?": the Buddha taught the eight liberations; you have received and practiced this teaching. You ought precisely to let your mind wander in the eight liberations, taking the food of Dharma as foremost; how could you listen to the correct Dharma mingled with the thought of needing food of desire? Another explanation is: solid food has color, smell, taste, and touch; that is, it is the mixed, defiled food of the five desires. Another explanation is: it teases Śāriputra that he came for the Dharma and not for food. The eight liberations originally are able to remove affliction, and that is itself the food of Dharma. Now, listening to the Dharma removes affliction and is also the good medicine for illness. If he now holds on to food and not to the Dharma, it is as if the former eight liberations did not remove affliction and the present Dharma is also not good medicine. Therefore, he grasps both past and present to rebuke him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.27) - [Next: 4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.29) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769~en-mt.4.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.127) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.287) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.28) · Pramāṇa