[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) › 6.30 # 大方便佛報恩經 6.30 大方便佛報恩經 6.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.30) 「有論者言：『三歸是教，無教性。』受三歸時，胡跪合掌，口說三歸，是名身口教也。若純重心，有身口無教，是謂教無教。又云：『三歸是三業性，身口意業也。』又云：『三歸是善五陰。』以眾生善五陰為三歸，以三寶為所歸，所歸以救護為義。譬如有人有罪於王，投向異國以求救護。異國王言：『汝求無畏者，莫出我境，莫違我教，必相救護。』眾生亦爾，繫屬於魔，有生死罪，歸向三寶以求救護。若誠心三寶，更無異向，不違佛教，魔王邪惡無如之何。昔有一鴿，為鷹所逐。入舍利弗影，戰懼不解；移入佛影，泰然無怖，大海可移，此鴿無動。所以爾者，佛有大慈大悲，舍利弗無大慈悲；佛習氣盡，舍利弗習氣未盡；佛三阿僧祇劫修菩薩行，舍利弗六十劫中修習苦行。以是因緣，鴿入舍利弗影，猶有怖畏；入佛影中，而無怖也。」 > Answer: "Certain treatise masters say: 'The three refuges are informational and non-informational in nature.' When receiving the three refuges, kneeling with palms joined and reciting the three refuges with the mouth is called bodily and vocal informational karma. If one has an utterly sincere and serious mind, there is bodily and vocal non-informational karma; this is called informational and non-informational karma. It is also said: 'The three refuges have the nature of the three karmas: bodily, vocal, and mental karma.' It is also said: 'The three refuges are the wholesome five aggregates.' Taking the sentient being's wholesome five aggregates as the three refuges, the Triratna is that in which refuge is taken, and that in which refuge is taken has the meaning of rescue and protection. For example, suppose a man commits an offense against a king and flees to another country to seek rescue and protection. The king of the other country says: 'If you seek fearlessness, do not leave my territory and do not violate my commands, and I will surely rescue and protect you.' Sentient beings are also like this: bound to Māra and possessing the offenses of birth and death, they take refuge in the Triratna to seek rescue and protection. If with a sincere heart they rely on the Triratna, without any other inclination, and do not violate the Buddha's teachings, the evil Māra king can do nothing against them. In the past, there was a pigeon pursued by a hawk. It entered Śāriputra's shadow, and its trembling fear did not cease; when it moved into the Buddha's shadow, it became calm and without fear—though the great ocean might move, this pigeon did not stir. Why was it so? The Buddha possessed great loving-kindness and great compassion, while Śāriputra did not possess great loving-kindness and great compassion; the Buddha's latent impressions were exhausted, while Śāriputra's latent impressions were not exhausted; the Buddha cultivated the bodhisattva practices for three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, while Śāriputra cultivated austerities for sixty kalpas. Due to these causes and conditions, when the pigeon entered Śāriputra's shadow, it still had fear; when it entered the Buddha's shadow, it had no fear at all." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.29) - [Next: 6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.31) - [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.6.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [薩婆多毘尼毘婆沙](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.sarvastivadavinayavibhasa*zh-t1440.1.29) — Classical Chinese - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.6.12) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.30) · Pramāṇa