[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) › 6.187 # 摩訶止觀 6.187 摩訶止觀 6.187 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.187) 作論異說豈離四門？因門有殊，契會不異。若得此意，何所乖諍，苦興矛盾？若用四門修觀者，或樂、或宜、或對、或入。一門既爾，餘門亦然。觀行雖別，得道何異？經論為緣不同，古來諍競難可通處；用此解釋氷冶雲銷。如此觀行契教根理，印會允合，有何是非？明眼之人依義不依語，有智之者必不生疑。無目無解徒勞愍怪，詎可益乎？ > How could the different explanations in the treatises depart from the four gateways? Because the gateways differ, but the realization attained does not differ. If one grasps this meaning, what is there to dispute or bitterly generate contradictions over? If one uses the four gateways to cultivate contemplation, it may be for pleasure, for suitability, for counteraction, or for entry. Just as it is for one gateway, so it is for the other gateways. Although contemplative practices differ, how could the attainment of the Way differ? Sūtras and treatises differ on account of conditions, which from ancient times has been a subject of contention difficult to resolve; using this explanation, it dissolves like ice and disperses like clouds. When such contemplative practice tallies with the teachings, capacities, and principle, sealing and concurring in perfect harmony, what right and wrong could there be? A person with clear eyes relies on the meaning, not the words; one who possesses wisdom will certainly not give rise to doubt. Having no eyes and no understanding, in vain one labors in pity and bewilderment—how could there be any benefit? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.186) - [Next: 6.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.188) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.6.187) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.6.187) · Pramāṇa