[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 16.10 # 宗鏡錄 16.10 宗鏡錄 16.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.16.10) 問。若一切眾生。即心是佛者。則諸佛何假三祇百劫。積功累德方成。 > Question: If for all sentient beings the mind itself is Buddha, why do the buddhas rely on three \[asaṃkhyeya-\]kalpas and a hundred eons of accumulating merit and heaping up virtue before achieving it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.16.9) - [Next: 16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.16.11) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.16.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.16.10) · Pramāṇa