[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) › [大比丘三千威儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470) › 1.46 # 大比丘三千威儀 1.46 大比丘三千威儀 1.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470.1.46) 夜起讀經有五事：一者不得念我經戒利，餘人不如我；二者設不利，不得言我經戒不利，正為某比丘事故亂我意；三者不得坐念人惡；四者設明日欲問所疑，不得說餘，直當說不解者所知而已；五者不得念言，當持是經中語以行問人使窮，但有是念非賢者法。 > When rising at night to chant scriptures, there are five matters: first, one must not think, 'My scriptures and precepts are sharp, and others are not as good as me'; second, if one is not fluent, one must not say, 'My scriptures and precepts are not fluent solely because the affairs of a certain bhikṣu disturbed my mind'; third, one must not sit and dwell on others' faults; fourth, if tomorrow one wishes to ask about one's doubts, one must not speak of extraneous things, but should directly speak only of what one does not understand; fifth, one must not harbor the thought, 'I should take the words in this scripture to go question others and corner them'—merely having such a thought is not the method of a worthy one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470.1.45) - [Next: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470.1.47) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470~en-mt.1.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1470.1.46) · Pramāṇa