[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) › [華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870) › 2.27 # 華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章 2.27 華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章 2.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.2.27) 四依者，一樹下坐、二常乞食、三糞掃衣、四陳棄藥。陳棄者，一用糞為陳棄、二用陳宿所棄之藥為陳棄也。問：此依與頭陀法何別？答：所用各異，頭陀據離煩惱、四依依成其行，有此不同。此順三乘及愚法小乘。如上來行，即順其教，心緣飾好，即是相似，非真實行。大乘初教直進行者，惡內之善他人所棄，今修食之；又知即空，相別之惡義不在言。初迴心人，依前四依事相，知法即空，是名四依。終教四依者，行相即如，無所可得，是其所依，非謂有物而可依也，是名四依。一乘義者，用前諸義以為方便。又是一乘教之所目，即是一乘。 > The four reliances are: first, sitting beneath a tree; second, always begging for food; third, rag robes; fourth, discarded medicine. 'Discarded' means: first, taking excrement as discarded; second, taking medicine discarded overnight as discarded. Question: What is the difference between these reliances and the dhūta practices? Answer: Their applications are each different. Dhūta is based on leaving afflictions behind; the four reliances rely on them to accomplish one's practice. There is this difference. This accords with the Triyāna and the Hīnayāna of those ignorant of phenomena. Practicing as described above accords with their teaching; if the mind clings to embellishments, it is a semblance, not the true practice. Practitioners who advance directly in the initial teaching of the Mahāyāna take that which is good within evil and discarded by others, and now cultivate eating it; furthermore, knowing it to be identical to emptiness, the evil of distinctive characteristics goes without saying. Those who have just redirected their minds rely on the phenomenal characteristics of the preceding four reliances and know that dharmas are identical to emptiness; this is called the four reliances. In the final teaching, the four reliances are that the characteristics of practice are identical to suchness, with nothing to be obtained; this is that upon which one relies, not meaning that there is an entity upon which one may rely; this is called the four reliances. As for the meaning in the Ekayāna, it takes the preceding meanings as skillful means. Furthermore, being designated by the Ekayāna teaching, they are simply the Ekayāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.2.26) - [Next: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.2.28) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870~en-mt.2.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.2.27) · Pramāṇa