[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) › [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777) › 2.212 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.212 淨名經集解關中疏 2.212 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.212) 於是維摩詰以偈答曰。智度菩薩母。方便以為父。一切眾道師。無不由是生　四十二偈答文四。初四。行明眷屬。二七行明資生。三二十八行明業用。四三行結勸。此初也。內有正智外有方便法身生焉。肇曰。智為內照權為外用。萬行之所由生。諸佛之所由出故。菩薩以智為母以權為父。 > Thereupon Vimalakīrti replied in verse, saying: > "The perfection of wisdom is the mother of the bodhisattva, > And upāya is the father; > Of the teachers of all the multitudes of the path, > There is none who is not born from these." There are forty-two verses of reply, with four sections in the text: first, four verses clarify the retinue; second, seven verses clarify the provisions for life; third, twenty-eight verses clarify the activities and functions; fourth, three verses conclude with exhortation. This is the first. Having correct wisdom within and expedient means without, the dharmakāya is born. Zhao says: "Wisdom is internal illumination; expediency is external function. They are that from which the myriad practices are born, and that from which all Buddhas emerge; therefore, the bodhisattva takes wisdom as mother and expediency as father." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.211) - [Next: 2.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.213) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777~en-mt.2.212) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.7.98) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.212) · Pramāṇa