[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 1.72 # 摩訶止觀 1.72 摩訶止觀 1.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.1.72) 若不隨機，惱他故說，於彼無益。若大悲雷雨，得從微之著。論云：「真法及說者，聽眾難得故。」如是則生死非有邊非無邊，實相非難非易、非有非無，此名「真法」；能如此說聽，名「真說聽」。有三悉檀益，名「有邊」；第一義益名「非有邊非無邊」。故知緣起能辦大事，則感應意也。然四隨、四悉、五緣名異，意義則同。今說之四隨是大悲應益，悉檀是憐愍遍施，蓋左右之異耳。言「因緣」者，或「因於聖、緣於凡」，或「因於凡、緣於聖」，則感應道交。當知三法，言味相符則意同。 > If one does not accord with the capacities, speaking so as to vex others, it will be of no benefit to them. If it is like the thunder and rain of great compassion, one can proceed from the subtle to the prominent. The treatise says: 'Because the true Dharma, the preacher, and the listening audience are difficult to obtain.' As such, birth-and-death is neither bounded nor boundless, and true reality is neither difficult nor easy, neither existent nor non-existent; this is called the 'true Dharma'. Being able to preach and listen in this way is called 'true preaching and listening'. Having the benefit of the three siddhāntas is called 'bounded'; the benefit of the supreme truth is called 'neither bounded nor boundless'. Therefore we know that conditioned arising is able to accomplish the great matter; this is the meaning of stimulus and response. However, while the four conformities, four siddhāntas, and five conditions differ in name, their significance is the same. The four conformities spoken of now are the responding benefits of great compassion; the siddhāntas are the pervasive bestowal of pity; they are merely differences between left and right. As for 'causes and conditions', whether it is 'caused by the sage and conditioned by the ordinary' or 'caused by the ordinary and conditioned by the sage', it is the mutual resonance of stimulus and response. One should know that when the phrasing and flavor of the three dharmas tally with each other, their meaning is identical. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.1.71) - [Next: 1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.1.73) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.1.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.1.72) · Pramāṇa