[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) › 8.45 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.45 妙法蓮華經玄義 8.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.45) 又心是繩墨，若觀心得正語，離邪倒說。觀心正則勉邪行，心無見著，則入正理。事行如繩，理行如墨，彈愛見木，成正法器也。 > Furthermore, the mind is the marking-cord: if one contemplates the mind, one attains correct speech and departs from perverse and inverted expositions. When contemplation of mind is correct, one avoids perverse practice; when the mind is free from view-attachments, one enters the correct principle. Concrete practice is like the cord, and principle practice is like the ink: snapping them against the wood of attachment and views, one forms a vessel of the true Dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.44) - [Next: 8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.46) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.8.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.8.45) · Pramāṇa