[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) › [維摩經疏卷第三．第六](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772) › 3.56 # 維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.56 維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.56) 文四同前。第三釋中初總徵次別釋後結釋。中文開五節。一舉昔日被呵之事。二時維摩下明教呵相。三於是二比丘言上智哉下彰二比丘稱讚維摩。四我答下明已述嘆。五時二比丘疑悔即除下明比丘聞法獲益。前中憶念我昔有二比丘犯律行以為恥不敢問佛來問我者。此即第一呵事也。有二。初問後答。此初問中。明比丘所犯恥愧情深不敢問佛。以優波離持律第一故來問決。不知輕重以釋本疑。律云。有一比丘。在阿蘭若眠。有採薪女。見之慾心盛發。盜行非法。比丘寤已疑犯初偏。後一比丘見此女人嗔心欲打。女人怖走墮坑而死。比丘懼犯殺人重戒為此每懷恥媿不敢問佛。向波離處請決所疑得免斯咎。我即為其如法解說者。第二答。波離依律教相判決輕重。故云為其如法解說也。 > The four textual sections are the same as before. In the third section of explanation, first there is a general inquiry, next a particular explanation, and finally a concluding explanation. In the middle text, five sub-sections are opened: 1. citing the past event of being rebuked; 2. from "Then Vimalakīrti..." downward, clarifying the characteristics of the teaching and rebuke; 3. from "Thereupon the two monks said: 'O person of superior wisdom!'..." downward, demonstrating the two monks' praise of Vimalakīrti; 4. from "I replied..." downward, clarifying his own description and sigh of lament; 5. from "Then the two monks' doubts and regrets were immediately eliminated..." downward, clarifying the monks hearing the Dharma and obtaining benefit. Within the first of these, "I recall in the past there were two monks who violated the rules of the vinaya, felt ashamed of it, dared not ask the Buddha, and came to ask me": this is the first matter of rebuke. It has two parts: first the question, then the answer. Here in the first part, the question clarifies that the shame and remorse felt by the monks over what they had violated was profound, so they dared not ask the Buddha; since Upāli was foremost in upholding the vinaya, they came to ask him for a determination, not knowing whether it was light or heavy, in order to resolve their original doubts. The vinaya says: There was a monk sleeping in an araṇya. A wood-gathering woman saw him, and lustful desire arose intensely in her; she secretly committed the illicit act. After the monk awoke, he suspected he had violated the first major offence (\*pārājika\*). Later, another monk saw this woman and, with an angry mind, wished to strike her; terrified, the woman ran, fell into a pit, and died. The monk feared he had violated the grave precept against killing humans; for this reason, he constantly harbored shame and remorse and dared not ask the Buddha, going to Upāli's place to request a determination of his doubts so that he might avoid this guilt. "I thereupon explained it for them according to the Dharma": the second part, the answer. Upāli determined the light and heavy according to the scriptural marks of the vinaya; hence it says "explained it for them according to the Dharma." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.55) - [Next: 3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.57) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772~en-mt.3.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.156) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.460) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.56) · Pramāṇa