[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) › [遊心安樂道](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965) › 1.37 # 遊心安樂道 1.37 遊心安樂道 1.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.37) 隨事發心有可退義，不定性人亦得能發；順理發心即無退轉，菩薩性人能乃得發。如是發心功德無邊，設使諸佛窮劫演說，彼諸功德猶不能盡。正因之相，略說如是。 > Generating the mind in accordance with phenomena admits of retrogression; people of indeterminate nature are also able to generate it. Generating the mind in conformity with principle is non-retrogressing; only people of the bodhisattva nature are able to generate it. The merit of generating the mind in this way is boundless; even if all Buddhas were to expound it for exhaustless kalpas, those merits could not be exhausted. The characteristics of the primary cause are briefly stated thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.36) - [Next: 1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.38) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965~en-mt.1.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1965.1.37) · Pramāṇa