[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) › 2.336 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.336 淨名經集解關中疏 2.336 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.336](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.336) 維摩詰言。此土菩薩於諸眾生大悲堅固。誠如所言。然其一世饒益眾生。多於彼國百千劫行　此四述誠。不述佛者道力圓也。文二。此初述益。深化善則功少。化惡則功深。叡曰。久而無功未。若近而有益。 > Vimalakīrti said: "The great compassion of the bodhisattvas of this land toward sentient beings is firm and solid, truly as you have said. Yet their benefiting sentient beings in a single lifetime surpasses hundreds of thousands of kalpas of practice in that land." (Fourth, affirming the truth. The reason he does not affirm the Buddha is that the Buddha's path-power is complete. The text has two parts; this is the first, explaining the benefit. To transform the good deeply brings little merit, but to transform the evil brings deep merit. Sengrui says: "Practicing long without merit is not as good as being near at hand and producing benefit.") > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.335](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.335) - [Next: 2.337](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.337) - [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.2.336) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.8.197) — Classical Chinese - [維摩義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.4.43) — Classical Chinese - [維摩經義記卷第四](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2769.4.35) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.336](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.336) · Pramāṇa