[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) › [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779) › 2.179 # 維摩經略疏垂裕記 2.179 維摩經略疏垂裕記 2.179 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.2.179) 二、釋龍。肇師曰「龍有二種，地龍、虛空龍，種有四生。」「僧護比丘為四龍說法」者，授龍王四子四《阿含經》也。有視毒者閉目受經，有噓毒者閉口受經，有觸毒者遠住受經，有氣毒者背面受經。師責其失禮。答云：以視則殺人，乃至氣能殺人，故閉目等也。廣如《僧護經》。 > Second, explaining the nāgas. Master Zhao says: "There are two kinds of nāgas: earth nāgas and space nāgas; their species have four kinds of birth." Regarding "the monk Saṅgharakṣita preaching the Dharma for the four nāgas": he transmitted the four \*Āgama\* sūtras to the four sons of the nāga king. One whose poison operated by sight shut his eyes to receive the sūtra; one whose poison operated by breath closed his mouth to receive the sūtra; one whose poison operated by touch stayed far off to receive the sūtra; one whose poison operated by exhalation turned his back to receive the sūtra. The master reproved them for lacking etiquette. They replied: "Because seeing kills people, and likewise our breath can kill people, therefore we shut our eyes and so forth." It is detailed as in the \*Saṅgharakṣita Sūtra\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.2.178) - [Next: 2.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.2.180) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779~en-mt.2.179) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.212) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.109) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.2.179) · Pramāṇa