[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) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 2.6 # 維摩經略疏 2.6 維摩經略疏 2.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.6) 問：若但作俱急因緣，何得復有戒緩乘急根緣？答：諸佛如來用安穩道為作因緣，但眾生罪垢深重而修禪觀行，不能淨持禁戒，致成戒緩乘急之緣。雖復戒緩墮三惡道，若值彌勒千佛得聞漸頓便得入道。《大經》云「於戒緩者不名為緩，於乘緩者乃名為緩。」乘緩戒急雖生人天，不值佛聞法，果報若盡流轉生死，故云寧為調達死入地獄，不作藍弗生天受樂。調達本得煖法，惡業因緣退墮地獄，出得人身成辟支佛，聰明利智過舍利弗。欝頭藍弗雖得生天，天福報盡即墮三途，生死流轉未有邊際。 > Question: If he only creates conditions for being strict in both, how is it that there are still faculties and conditions that are lax with the precepts and strict in the vehicle? Answer: The buddhas, the Tathāgatas, use the tranquil Way to create conditions for them, but because sentient beings' karmic defilements are deep and heavy, when cultivating meditation and contemplation they cannot purely uphold the prohibitive precepts, which results in conditions of being lax with the precepts and strict in the vehicle. Even though they are lax with the precepts and fall into the three evil paths, if they encounter Maitreya or the thousand buddhas and get to hear the gradual or sudden \[teachings\], they immediately enter the Way. The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says, "One who is lax with the precepts is not called lax; one who is lax in the vehicle is called lax." Those who are lax in the vehicle and strict with the precepts, though born among humans and devas, do not encounter a buddha or hear the Dharma; when their retribution ends, they transmigrate through birth and death. Hence it is said: better to be Devadatta and die falling into hell, than to be Rāmaputra and be born in heaven to enjoy pleasure. Devadatta originally attained the stage of warmth; due to evil karmic conditions he fell back into hell, but on emerging he will obtain a human body and become a pratyekabuddha, his keen intelligence surpassing Śāriputra. Although Udraka Rāmaputra attained rebirth in heaven, once his heavenly fortune and retribution were exhausted, he fell into the three paths, transmigrating through birth and death without end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.2.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.2.6) · Pramāṇa