[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) › [少室六門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009) › 1.86 # 少室六門 1.86 少室六門 1.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1.86) 問。如經所說。三聚淨戒者。誓斷一切惡。誓修一切善。誓度一切眾生。今者唯言制三毒心。豈不文義有乖。答。佛所說經是真實語。菩薩摩訶薩。於過去因中修行時。為對三毒。發三誓願。斷一切惡。故常持戒。對於貪毒。誓修一切善。故常習定。對於瞋毒。誓度一切眾生。故常修慧。對於癡毒。由持如是戒定慧等三種淨法故。能超彼三毒成佛道也。諸惡消滅。名之為斷。諸善具足。名之為修。以能斷惡修善。則萬行成就。自他俱利。普濟群生。名之為度。故知所修戒行不離於心。若自心清淨。則一切佛土皆悉清淨。故經云。心垢則眾生垢。心淨則眾生淨。欲得淨土。當淨其心。隨其心淨則佛土淨。三聚淨戒自然成就。 > Question: As sūtras say, the three pure precepts are vowing to cut off all evil, vowing to cultivate all good, and vowing to deliver all sentient beings. Now you only speak of restraining the mind of the three poisons; does this not contradict the text and meaning? Answer: The sūtras spoken by the Buddha are true words. When bodhisattva mahāsattvas practiced in the causal stage in the past, to counter the three poisons they made three vows: to cut off all evil, so they constantly held the precepts to counter the poison of greed; to cultivate all good, so they constantly practiced samādhi to counter the poison of hatred; to deliver all sentient beings, so they constantly cultivated wisdom to counter the poison of delusion. By upholding these three pure dharmas of morality, concentration, and wisdom, they were able to transcend those three poisons and accomplish the Buddha path. The extinguishing of all evils is called 'cutting off'; the completion of all goods is called 'cultivating'. Because they can cut off evil and cultivate good, the myriad practices are accomplished, benefiting both self and other and universally delivering all sentient beings, which is called 'delivering'. Therefore know that the cultivated practice of precepts does not depart from the mind. If one's own mind is pure, then all Buddha-lands are pure. Thus a sūtra states: 'When the mind is defiled, sentient beings are defiled; when the mind is pure, sentient beings are pure. If you wish to attain a pure land, you should purify your mind; as the mind becomes pure, the Buddha-land becomes pure.' The three pure precepts are naturally accomplished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1.85) - [Next: 1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1.87) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009~en-mt.1.86) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1.86) · Pramāṇa