[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) › [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912) › 1.10 # 止觀輔行傳弘決 1.10 止觀輔行傳弘決 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.10) 「前代未聞」者，明能聞人。反以他往顯成我聞，述己兼他語現及往，故云前代。今章安聞已，遠霑餘世後代可聞。所言代者，雖義立三十年，今取代更為異世義。異世弘法世世有之，故云代也。自漢明夜夢洎乎陳朝，凡諸著述當代盛行者溢目，預廁禪門衣鉢傳授者盈耳，豈有不聞「止觀」二字。但未若天台說此一部，定慧兼美、義觀雙明，撮一代教門攢法華經旨，成不思議十乘十境，待絕滅絕寂照之行。前代未聞，斯言有在。故南山歎云：唯衡岳台崖雙弘禪慧。豈南山諂附而虛授哉？ > "Unheard in previous generations" clarifies the person capable of hearing. Turning to other past \[generations\] brings out and completes "thus have I heard"; recounting oneself while encompassing others, the statement refers to both the present and the past, and thus it says "previous generations." Now, having been heard by Zhang'an, it extends its moistening to remaining generations, so that later generations can hear it. As for the word "generation," although thirty years is established in principle, here we take "generation" as changing into a different age. Transmitting the Dharma in different ages exists in every generation; therefore it says "generation." From the night dream of Emperor Ming of the Han down to the Chen dynasty, all the treatises that flourished in their own times filled one's eyes, and those who entered the gate of Chan with the transmission of robe and bowl filled one's ears; how could they not have heard the two characters "calming and contemplation"? But none was like Tiantai expounding this single work, where concentration and wisdom are both exquisite, and doctrine and contemplation are both illuminated, gathering the teachings of a whole lifetime and condensing the purport of the Lotus Sūtra, establishing the inconceivable ten vehicles and ten objects, the practice of absolute cutting off, extinction cutting off, quiescence and illumination. "Unheard in previous generations"—these words truly hit the mark! Hence Nanshan praised: "Only Mount Heng and the cliffs of Tiantai doubly propagated Chan and wisdom." Could Nanshan have flatteringly attached himself to falsely confer this praise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.1.10) · Pramāṇa