[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 6.17 # 大方便佛報恩經 6.17 大方便佛報恩經 6.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.17) 問：「若佛知而能說，聲聞、緣覺依知而能說，何不稱佛耶？」 > Question: "If the Buddha knew and was able to teach, and śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas also relied on knowledge and were able to teach, why are they not called Buddhas?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.16) - [Next: 6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.18) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.6.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.6.5) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.17) · Pramāṇa