- 二利
- The dual benefits, or profits: benefiting or developing oneself and others; [lang id =1028]自利 in seeking enlightenment in bodhisattvahood, [lang id =1028]利他 in saving the multitude. Hīnayāna "seeks only one's own benefit"; the bodhisattva rule seeks both one's own benefit and that of others, or personal improvement for the improving of others.* * *﹝出金剛般若經取著不壞假名論﹞ 〔一、 自利〕, 謂於如來所說經典, 自能受持讀誦, 聽聞思惟, 如理修習, 成就勝果, 是名自利。 〔二、 利他〕, 謂能以己所受之法, 展轉為人演說, 令其修習, 斷惑證果, 是名利他。* * *自利和利他。 上求佛果是自利; 下化眾生是利他。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.