[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 1.8 # 妙法蓮華經文句 1.8 妙法蓮華經文句 1.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.8) 序品第一（佛出世難，佛說是難，傳譯此難，自開悟難，聞師講難，一遍記難。余二十七於金陵聽受，六十九於丹丘添削，留贈後賢，共期佛慧） > Introductory Chapter, Number One (It is difficult for a Buddha to appear in the world; it is difficult for a Buddha to preach this; it is difficult to transmit and translate this; it is difficult to awaken to it on one's own; it is difficult to hear a master lecture on it; it is difficult to record it in a single hearing. At twenty-seven, I heard and received it in Jinling; at sixty-nine, I made additions and deletions at Danqiu, leaving it as a gift for later worthies so that we may together attain the Buddha's wisdom.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.1.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.8) · Pramāṇa