[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) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 11.7 # 大般涅槃經集解 11.7 大般涅槃經集解 11.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.11.7) 案僧亮曰：因現事為誓也。僧宗曰：別有因緣，出《枯樹經》。佛將比丘空曠處行，見有洞然枯樹，即問比丘：「此樹可抱不？」答言：「不可。」又問：「設有逼汝令說佛是無常；若不說者，抱此枯樹。汝寧何耶？」「世尊！寧抱火死。」即此語中具二種義，自正、正他也。智秀曰：自觀己身者，邪見之生必由身起，故使觀身猶如火聚也。 > Sengliang states: Taking present circumstances to make a vow. Sengzong states: There is another circumstance appearing in the Withered Tree Sūtra. When the Buddha was walking with the monks in an open wilderness, he saw a dry tree that was blazing furiously, and immediately asked the monks: "Can this tree be embraced or not?" They answered: "It cannot." He asked again: "Suppose someone coerced you to say that the Buddha is impermanent; if you did not say so, you would have to embrace this withered tree. Which would you prefer?" "World-Honoured One! We would rather die embracing the fire." Within these very words both meanings are present: rectifying oneself and rectifying others. Zhixiu states: Regarding "contemplating one's own body": the arising of wrong views inevitably originates from the body; therefore he causes them to contemplate the body as being like a mass of fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.11.6) - [Next: 11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.11.8) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.11.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.11.7) · Pramāṇa