[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) › 3.23 # 維摩經略疏 3.23 維摩經略疏 3.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.23) 問：何以心密是垂迹，身口是顯本？答：六度身心其理深隱，涉化方便，隨機有事，身口一往同俗。若求其致，方知表本。今初從本垂迹，益物顯本皆約六度。六度即波羅蜜滿足之身，三身三德不縱不橫如世伊字。 > Question: Why is the secret of the mind descending into traces, while the body and mouth reveal the fundamental? Answer: The principle of the body and mind of the six perfections is profound and hidden; in undertaking conversion through expedient means, depending on the capacity of beings there are specific affairs, and the body and mouth provisionally conform to the secular. Only when one seeks out their ultimate significance does one know they express the fundamental. Now first, descending into traces from the fundamental, benefiting beings, and revealing the fundamental are all in terms of the six perfections. The six perfections are the body fulfilled with pāramitās, where the three bodies and three virtues are neither vertical nor horizontal, like the secular letter \*i\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.24) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.3.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.3.23) · Pramāṇa