[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) › 8.10 # 摩訶止觀 8.10 摩訶止觀 8.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.10) 但煩惱之相廣不可盡，若具分別，妨於觀門。《法華》云：「二十年中常令除糞。」糞即煩惱，污穢法也。棄之若盡，得一日之價；若住分別多少，終不得直。今觀煩惱糞，求智慧錢，非欲分別見、思相也。 > However, the characteristics of defilement are so vast that they cannot be exhausted; if one distinguishes them in full, it impedes the approach of contemplation. The \*Lotus Sūtra\* says: 'For twenty years he was constantly ordered to shovel dung.' Dung is defilement, an impure phenomenon. If one discards it completely, one obtains the wage of one day; if one stops to distinguish whether it is much or little, one will never get the price. Now we contemplate the dung of defilements to seek the coin of wisdom, not desiring to distinguish the characteristics of view and thought. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.9) - [Next: 8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.11) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.8.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.10) · Pramāṇa