[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) › 6.60 # 大方便佛報恩經 6.60 大方便佛報恩經 6.60 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.60) 答曰：「法雖是佛師，而法非佛不弘，所謂道由人弘，是故佛在初。」 > Answer: "Although the Dharma is the Buddha's teacher, the Dharma cannot be propagated without the Buddha. As the saying goes, 'The Way is broadened by human beings.' Therefore, the Buddha comes first." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.59) - [Next: 6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.61) - [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.6.60) — 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-t1440.1.57) — Classical Chinese - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.6.19) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.6.60) · Pramāṇa