[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) › [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794) › 1.258 # 註四十二章經 1.258 註四十二章經 1.258 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.258) 有沙門夜誦經，其聲悲緊，欲悔思返。佛呼沙門問之：「汝處于家，將何修為？」對曰：「常彈琴。」佛言：「弦緩何如？」曰：「不鳴矣。」「弦急何如？」曰：「聲絕矣。」「急緩得中何如？」曰：「諸音普調。」佛告沙門：「學道猶然。執心調適，道可得矣。」 > There was a śramaṇa who chanted sūtras at night; his voice was mournful and strained, and he wished to repent and return \[to lay life\]. The Buddha called the śramaṇa and asked him: "When you were at home, what did you practice?" He replied: "I often played the lute." The Buddha said: "What if the strings are slack?" He replied: "It will not sound." "What if the strings are tight?" He replied: "The sound snaps." "What if they are neither tight nor slack, but balanced?" He replied: "All notes are universally harmonious." The Buddha told the śramaṇa: "Learning the Way is just like this. If you hold your mind in balanced harmony, the Way can be attained." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.257) - [Next: 1.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.259) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794~en-mt.1.258) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.40) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་དུམ་བུ་ཞེ་གཉིས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.359a.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.258) · Pramāṇa