[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) › 2.47 # 淨名經集解關中疏 2.47 淨名經集解關中疏 2.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.47) 爾時文殊師利問維摩詰言。菩薩應云何慰喻有疾菩薩　此二問所化實疾文二。前問慰喻。慰問後問調伏。所以有此二問者。肇曰。外有善喻內有善調則能彌歷生死與群生同疾。叡曰。凡夫之病為憂苦所惱不安。所病則生愁憂。為病所逼則生苦惱憂心。外慼須聞法以自憂苦心。內切宜觀空以自調。肇曰。慰喻有疾應自文殊而逆問淨名者。以同集諸人注心有在。又取證於疾者。乃所以審慰之會也。此將明大乘無證之道以慰始集現疾菩薩故生此問也。 > At that time, Mañjuśrī asked Vimalakīrti, saying: "How should a bodhisattva comfort and console a sick bodhisattva?" This is the second \[section\], inquiring about the actual illness of those to be converted; the text has two parts. First, he asks about comforting and consoling; second, he asks about subduing. Why are there these two questions? \[Seng\]zhao says: "With skilled consolations outwardly and skilled subduing inwardly, one can then traverse birth and death, sharing illness with the multitude of beings." \[Seng\]rui says: "The illness of ordinary persons is tormented by grief and suffering, causing unrest. Being ill, sorrow and grief arise; being pressed by illness, suffering, anguish, and a grieving mind arise. Outward distress requires hearing the Dharma to \[comfort\] the sorrowful and anguished mind; inward urgency should contemplate emptiness to subdue oneself." \[Seng\]zhao says: "Comforting a sick person should have originated from Mañjuśrī, but he instead asks Jingming because the assembled crowd had focused their minds upon \[Vimalakīrti\], and also to take testimony from the sick person is indeed the means to examine the meeting of consolation. Intending to elucidate the Great Vehicle's path without realization to comfort the newly assembled bodhisattvas who manifest illness, he therefore raises this question." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.46) - [Next: 2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.48) - [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.2.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.5.119) — Classical Chinese - [維摩詰所說經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.31) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.2.47) · Pramāṇa