[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) › 5.138 # 摩訶止觀 5.138 摩訶止觀 5.138 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.138) 安心為兩：一、教他，二、自行。教他又為兩：一、聖師，二、凡師。聖師有慧眼力，明於法藥；有法眼力，識於病障；有化道力，應病授藥，令得服行。如毱多知弟子應以信悟，令上樹；應以食悟，令服乳酪；應以呵責悟，化為女像。一一開曉無有毫差，不待時，不過時，言發即悟。佛去世後，如是之師甚為難得。盲龜何由上值浮孔？墜芥豈得下貫針鋒？難！難！二者、凡師，雖無三力，亦得施化。譬如良醫精別藥、病，解色、解聲、解脈，逗藥即差；有命盡者，亦不能起死。若不解脈，醫問病相，依語作方，亦挑脫得差。身子聖德亦復差機，凡夫具縛稱病導師。 > Settling the mind is twofold: first, teaching others; second, practicing oneself. Teaching others is also twofold: first, by a noble teacher; second, by an ordinary teacher. A noble teacher possesses the power of the wisdom eye, being clear about the medicine of the Dharma; possesses the power of the Dharma eye, recognizing the obstacles of illness; and possesses the power of conversion, providing medicine appropriate to the illness and having \[the student\] take and practice it. Just as Upagupta knew that a disciple should be enlightened through faith and made him climb a tree, that another should be enlightened through food and made him take curd, and that another should be enlightened through rebuke and transformed himself into a female form. Opening and illuminating each one without the slightest error, without waiting for the time and without exceeding the time, they were enlightened as soon as words were spoken. After the Buddha passed away, such teachers have been extremely difficult to encounter. How could a blind turtle come up and meet a floating yoke? How could a falling mustard seed strike the tip of a needle below? Difficult! Difficult indeed! Second, an ordinary teacher, although lacking the three powers, can also carry out conversion. For example, an excellent physician meticulously distinguishes medicines and illnesses, understands complexions, understands voices, and understands pulses, curing the illness as soon as medicine is administered; yet when someone's lifespan is exhausted, he cannot bring the dead back to life either. If he does not understand the pulse, the physician asks about the symptoms of the illness and prepares a prescription based on the words, and by a lucky chance may also cure it. Śāriputra's noble virtue still erred regarding spiritual faculties; yet ordinary beings bound by defilements call themselves teachers of illnesses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.137) - [Next: 5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.139) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.5.138) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.138) · Pramāṇa