[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) › [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804) › 1.311 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.311 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.311 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.311) 一方行化，立法須通；處眾斷量，必憑律教。令遠域異邦，翹心有所；界中行者，安神進業。若斯御眾，何事不行；既行正法，何人不奉？豈止僧徒清肅，息俗歸真；方能扶疏道樹，光揚慧日。若法出恒情，言無所據；科罰同於鄙俗，教網唯事重麁。能施已是於非，所被固多諠亂。故律云：非制而制，是制便斷，如是能令正法速滅；不值佛世，生地獄如箭射。《三千威儀》云：眾中無知法人者，百人千人不得同住；故知同住必遵聖法。今欲刪其繁惡，補其遺漏，使制與教而相應，義共時而並合。故律云：非制不制，是制便行，如是漸漸令法久住。若出其病患，明其損減，如下廣明。 > To conduct transformation in a region, the establishment of regulations must be comprehensive; to reside among the multitude and make judgments, one must rely on the Vinaya teachings. This causes those in distant regions and foreign lands to have a goal toward which to turn their hearts, and practitioners within the boundary to set their spirits at peace and advance in their practices. If the assembly is governed in this way, what affair cannot be carried out? Once the true Dharma is practiced, who would not uphold it? Not only will the assembly of monks be pure and solemn, putting an end to worldliness and returning to truth; they will also be able to bring the tree of the Way into flourishing blossom, and glorify the sun of wisdom. If regulations issue from ordinary feelings and words have no basis; if penalties are equated with vulgar customs, and the net of teachings deals only with heavy coarseness, then the person administering it will already be in error, and those subject to it will certainly fall into great disturbance and chaos. Therefore the Vinaya states: 'To institute what was not prohibited, and to discontinue what was prohibited—such things cause the true Dharma to quickly perish; not encountering the world of a Buddha, one is born into hell as swiftly as a shot arrow.' The Sanqian weiyi states: 'If among the assembly there is no one who knows the Dharma, even a hundred or a thousand people must not reside together.' Thus we know that residing together requires following the sacred Dharma. Now I wish to prune its excess and evil, supplement its deficiencies and omissions, so that regulations accord with the teachings, and the principles harmonize with the times. Therefore the Vinaya states: 'Do not institute what was not prohibited; practice what was prohibited—such gradually causes the Dharma to abide for a long time.' Showing its illnesses and explaining its diminutions are detailed extensively below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.310](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.310) - [Next: 1.312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.312) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.311) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.311) · Pramāṇa