[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) › [觀心論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921) › 1.12 # 觀心論疏 1.12 觀心論疏 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.12) 偈云：「法雨若不降，法種必燋枯。」此半行明四眾無戒慧之機，聖則不應。何者？《涅槃經》云：「純陀自云：『我今身有良田，無諸荒穢，唯希如來甘露法雨，雨我身田，令生法芽。』」而今四眾不依念處修道，則無慧種；不依木叉而住，則無良田。既無種，則眾生無感聖之機，豈能招聖法雨之應？眾生佛性之芽何得不枯也？ > The verse says: / 'If the rain of Dharma does not fall, / the Dharma seeds will surely wither.' / This half-line clarifies that when the fourfold assembly lacks the capacity of precepts and wisdom, the noble ones do not respond. How so? The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Cunda himself said: "My body now has a fertile field free from all weeds and waste; I only hope for the Tathāgata's rain of nectar-Dharma to rain upon my body's field and make the sprouts of Dharma grow."' But now the fourfold assembly does not cultivate the path in reliance on the smṛtyupasthānas, and so lacks the seed of wisdom; they do not abide by relying on the prātimokṣa, and so lack a fertile field. Since there is no seed, sentient beings lack the capacity to affect the noble ones; how could they summon the response of the noble rain of Dharma? How could the sprouts of sentient beings' Buddha-nature not wither? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.12) · Pramāṇa