[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 33.84 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 33.84 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 33.84 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.33.84) 疏「故遺教經對此明小水長流」者，即是彼經八大人覺中釋精進相。經云「汝等比丘若勤精進，則事無難者。是故汝等當勤精進。譬如小水常流，即能穿石。若行者之心數數懈廢，譬如鑽火，未熱而息。雖欲得火，火難可得。是名精進。」釋曰：彼以鑽火數息以況懈怠，小水長流以比精進，故云對此名小水長流。 > Regarding the commentary's phrase "Therefore, the Sūtra of the Buddha's Last Teaching, contrasting with this, explains that a small stream of water flows continuously": this is the explanation of the characteristic of vigor among the eight realizations of great beings in that sūtra. The sūtra says: "O monks, if you are diligently vigorous, then nothing will be difficult. Therefore you must be diligently vigorous. It is like a small stream of water constantly flowing, which is able to bore through rock. If a practitioner's mind frequently becomes lax and remiss, it is like drilling for fire and resting before it is hot: though one desires to obtain fire, fire is hard to obtain. This is called vigor." Exegesis: That text uses resting repeatedly when drilling for fire to illustrate indolence, and a small stream of water flowing continuously to illustrate vigor; hence it says that contrasting with this, it speaks of a small stream of water flowing continuously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.33.83) - [Next: 33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.33.85) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.33.84) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.33.84) · Pramāṇa