[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) › [三彌勒經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774) › 1.20 # 三彌勒經疏 1.20 三彌勒經疏 1.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.20) 問：處有淨穢別，隨機定說者，亦可時凡聖所解。何容不定說？答：處淨穢定可知，然而時有長短不定，故不可準，謂隨利鈍、長時短時不定故。慶喜既佛成道夜生，後三十年方傳者入，而一切經皆云一時者，傳者入時由請更為說故，無非一時失。 > Question: Places have the distinction of pure and defiled, yet are definitively stated according to capacities; so too could the time understood by ordinary persons and noble ones \[be stated\]. How could it be permissible not to state it definitively? Answer: The purity and defilement of places can be definitively known, but time has indeterminacy of length; therefore it cannot be taken as a standard, meaning that according to sharp or dull \[capacities\], long periods and short periods are indeterminate. Since Ānanda was born on the night of the Buddha's attainment of the Way, and only entered as transmitter thirty years later, yet all sūtras say 'at one time', it is because when the transmitter entered, it was spoken again for him upon request; thus there is no error in saying 'at one time'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.21) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1774.1.20) · Pramāṇa