[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) › 5.141 # 摩訶止觀 5.141 摩訶止觀 5.141 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.141) 今師遠討源由，久劫聽學，久劫坐禪，得為信法種子；世世熏習則成根性，各於聞思開悟耳。若論根利鈍者，法行利，內自觀法故；信行鈍，藉他聞故。又信行利，一聞即悟故；法行鈍，歷法觀察故。或俱利俱鈍：信行人聞慧利，修慧鈍；法行人修慧利，聞慧鈍。 > Now the Master, tracing back to the distant source, holds that listening and studying over long kalpas, or sitting in meditation over long kalpas, serves as the seed for faith or Dharma; perfumed through lifetime after lifetime, this forms one's faculties, and one awakens respectively through hearing or reflecting. If we discuss the sharpness and dullness of faculties, followers of the Dharma are sharp because they internally contemplate dharmas for themselves; followers of faith are dull because they rely on hearing from others. Furthermore, followers of faith are sharp because they awaken as soon as they hear; followers of the Dharma are dull because they must observe successively through dharmas. Or both are sharp and both are dull: followers of faith have sharp wisdom born of hearing but dull wisdom born of cultivation; followers of the Dharma have sharp wisdom born of cultivation but dull wisdom born of hearing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.140) - [Next: 5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.142) - [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.5.141) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.8.164) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.141) · Pramāṇa