[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) › 1.94 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.94 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.94 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.94) 夫律海冲深，津通萬象，雖包含無外，而不宿死戶；騰岳波雲，而潮不過限。故凡廁豫玄門者，克須清禁，無容於非；沐心道水者，慕存出要，無染於世。故能德益於時，迹超塵網。良由非法無以光其儀，非道無以顯其德。而澆末淺識庸見之流，雖名參緇服，學非經遠；行不依律，何善之有？情既疎野，寧究真要！封懷守株，志絕通望。局之心首，而言無詣；意雖論道，不異於俗；與世同流，事乖真趣。研習積年，猶迷闇託；況談世論，孰能體之？是以容致濫委，以亂法司。肆意縱奪，專行暴剋，尚非俗節所許，何有道儀得存？致令新學困於磐石，律要絕於羈䩛；於時正法玄綱，寧不覆墜耶？故知興替在人也！深崇護法者，復何患佛日不再曜，法輪不再轉乎！今略指宗體行相，令後進者，興建有託。 > Now, the ocean of the Vinaya is profound and deep, its ford leading through all phenomena. Although it encompasses all without exterior, it does not harbor a corpse; though its waves and clouds rise like mountain peaks, its tide never exceeds its limit. Therefore, all who join this profound portal must rigorously adhere to pure prohibitions, allowing no room for wrongdoing; those who bathe their minds in the waters of the Way must yearn to retain the essentials of transcendence, unstained by the world. Thus their virtue can benefit their times, and their steps can transcend the dusty net. Truly, without the Dharma, there is no way to illuminate their deportment; without the Way, there is no way to manifest their virtue. Yet those of shallow understanding and mediocre views in these decadent final times, though nominally enrolled among the dark-robed, have studied nothing profound or enduring; their practice does not rely on the Vinaya, so what goodness can they possess? Since their dispositions are coarse and crude, how could they fathom the true essentials! Clinging to their narrow views and guarding the stump, their aspirations are cut off from broad horizons. Narrow within their minds, their words lack attainment; though their intent is to discuss the Way, they are no different from the mundane; drifting with the secular current, their deeds contradict the true purpose. Though they have studied for years, they remain blindly confounded about what to rely on; how much less, when speaking of worldly treatises, could anyone realize it? Consequently, confusion and chaos are brought about, throwing the offices of the Dharma into disorder. Giving free rein to seizing and relinquishing, they act with exclusive cruelty and tyranny; this is not even tolerated by secular standards, so how could the deportment of the Way be preserved? This causes new students to be blocked by boulders, and the essentials of the Vinaya to be severed from reins and halter; at such a time, how could the profound guidelines of the true Dharma fail to collapse? Thus we know that flourishing and decay depend on people! If one deeply reveres and protects the Dharma, why worry that the sun of the Buddha will not shine again, or that the wheel of the Dharma will not turn anew? Now I briefly point out the essence of the tradition and the marks of practice, so that later learners may have something upon which to build. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.93) - [Next: 1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.95) - [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.1.94) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.94) · Pramāṇa