[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) › [佛遺教經論疏節要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820) › 1.220 # 佛遺教經論疏節要 1.220 佛遺教經論疏節要 1.220 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.220) 《易》曰「人道惡盈而好謙」，《老子》曰「柔弱者生，剛彊者死」，故知憍慢非世俗所宜。降身行乞者，摩頭等五悉是降身，舉要而言指歸行乞。 > The Yijing says: "The human way detests fullness and loves modesty." Laozi says: "The supple and weak survive; the rigid and strong perish." Thus we know that pride and arrogance are not suitable for the mundane world. Regarding "humbles their person and practices begging": touching the head and the other five practices are all humbling the person; to speak of the essentials, they all culminate in practicing begging. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.219) - [Next: 1.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.221) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820~en-mt.1.220) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.220) · Pramāṇa