[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) › 2.240 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.240 淨名經集解關中疏 2.240 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.240) 或為邑中主。或作商人導國師及大臣。以祐利眾生。諸有貧窮者現作無盡藏。因以勸導之。令發菩提心。我心憍慢者。為現大力士。消伏諸貢高。令住佛上道。其有恐懼眾居前而慰安。先施以無畏。後令發道心　肇曰。慢心自高如山峯不停水。菩薩現為力士服其高心。然後潤以法水。 > "Or he becomes the master of a town, / Or acts as a merchant guide, / A royal preceptor, or a great minister, / To assist and benefit sentient beings. / For those who are poor, / He manifests inexhaustible treasuries, / And thereby encourages and guides them, / Causing them to generate the bodhicitta. / For those whose minds are arrogant, / He manifests as a great wrestler, / Subduing and overcoming all their haughtiness, / Causing them to abide in the Buddha's supreme path. / Those who have fright and dread, / He stands before them and comforts them: / First bestowing fearlessness upon them, / He later causes them to generate the aspiration for the path." / Zhao says: "An arrogant mind exalts itself like a mountain peak that cannot retain water. The bodhisattva manifests as a wrestler to subdue their haughty mind, and thereafter moistens them with the Dharma-water." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.239) - [Next: 2.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.241) - [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.2.240) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.7.211) — Classical Chinese - [維摩詰所說經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.142) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.240) · Pramāṇa