[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 9.24 # 注維摩詰經 9.24 注維摩詰經 9.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.24) 什曰：七日乃消，有二因緣。或有人食香飯，飯不時消，心必厭捨，故不令久也。亦云應得道者飯氣時薰，不過七日必成聖道。如道迹七生、七步蛇嚙等，勢不過七。事不須久，故不令過七。肇曰：七日勢消，飯常力也。若應因飯而階道者，要得所應得，然後乃消也。生曰：不過七日也。 > \[Kumāra\]jīva says: It is digested only after seven days for two reasons: If someone eats the fragrant rice and the rice is not digested in due time, their mind would surely become weary and disgusted, so he does not let it last long. It is also said that those who ought to attain the Path are perfumed by the vapour of the rice in due time, and within not more than seven days will surely accomplish the noble Path. Just as with the seven rebirths of the stream-enterer (mārgabīja), the bite of a seven-step snake, and the like, the momentum does not exceed seven. The matter requires no long time, so it is not allowed to exceed seven. \[Seng\]zhao says: The dissipation of its efficacy after seven days is the ordinary power of the rice. If one is to ascend to the Path by means of the rice, it is essential that one attains what ought to be attained, and only then is it digested. \[Dao\]sheng says: It does not exceed seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.23) - [Next: 9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.25) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.9.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.9.24) · Pramāṇa