[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) › 88.15 # 宗鏡錄 88.15 宗鏡錄 88.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [88.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.88.15) 答。若論其道。必有其果。若無行位。即是天魔外道。經論所說。微細難知。台教有六即之文。仁王具五忍之位。恐墮上慢。執解不修。皆是古聖所詮。不敢不錄。非是叨濫。自立異端。唯望後賢願遵先製。 > Answer: If one discusses the Path, it must have its fruit. If there were no stages of practice, it would be \[the way of\] heavenly Māras and non-Buddhists. What is explained in the sūtras and treatises is subtle and difficult to know. The Tiantai teaching contains the text on the 'six degrees of identity'; the Benevolent King \[Sūtra\] provides the stages of the 'five kṣāntis'. For fear that people might fall into excessive conceit and grasp at understanding without practicing, all these were expounded by ancient sages, and I do not dare omit them. It is not out of presumption that I establish divergent tenets on my own; I only hope that later worthies will wish to comply with former models. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 88.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.88.14) - [Next: 88.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.88.16) - [Up: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.88) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.88.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.88.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.88.15) · Pramāṇa