[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 3.163 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 3.163 妙法蓮華經玄義 3.163 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.3.163) 護持正念念清淨戒者，即四念處。觀理正念，雖未發真，由相似念，能發真道，成道共戒，故名正念念清淨戒。 > 'The pure precepts of mindfulness that protects and maintains right mindfulness' are the four applications of mindfulness. Right mindfulness contemplating principle, although it has not yet generated true \[realization\], is able through semblance mindfulness to generate the true path and accomplish the precepts accompanying the path; hence they are called the pure precepts of mindfulness of right mindfulness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.3.162) - [Next: 3.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.3.164) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.3.163) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.3.163) · Pramāṇa