[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt) › 1.56 # 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 1.56 English (machine translation) 1.56 - **Language:** English ### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.56) Moreover, as for the schools cited, one must take those whose drift of meaning is relevant, which can then be used to corroborate and establish \[the point\]. If the laxity and strictness, lightness and heaviness, or right and wrong are distinctly divergent, in accordance with the treatises, they should not be adopted. Therefore, the text sets forth four types of explanations so as to examine gains and losses. The "ink-seal" in the Daśādhyāya-vinaya has the same meaning. If illuminated in this manner, mind and circumstance will reflect one another, and every movement will accord with the proper norms. Taking the middle path between excess and brevity, how could the principle ever be obscured? If one does not mirror and survey the various schools and instead obstinately clings to one corner, in undertaking affairs the affairs will not be comprehensive, and in collating texts there will be no evidence to rely on; one then follows one's own mind and subjective views, contending over right and wrong, and pointing to each other as misguided—this truly stems from lacking authoritative teaching. - [Previous: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.55) - [Next: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.57) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804.1.56) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1804~en-mt.1.56) · Pramāṇa