[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) › 7.33 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.33 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.33) 第四觀心者，小乘明心起，未動身口，不名為業。大乘明剎那造罪，殃墜無間。無間是大苦報處，剎那促起業處。促心暫起，重業已成，況九法界而不具足。若能淨心，諸業即淨。 > Fourth, regarding contemplation of mind: the Hīnayāna explains that when a thought arises in the mind, as long as body and speech have not moved, it is not called karma. The Mahāyāna explains that creating sin in a single kṣaṇa brings retribution that plunges one into the Avīci \[hell\]. Avīci is a place of great suffering retribution; a kṣaṇa is the locus where karma is precipitously generated. When a precipitous thought briefly arises, heavy karma is already formed; how much more so are the nine dharma realms fully present! If one can purify the mind, all karmas are immediately purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.32) - [Next: 7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.34) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.7.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.33) · Pramāṇa