[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) › [禪林寶訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022) › 3.48 # 禪林寶訓 3.48 禪林寶訓 3.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.48) 妙喜謂超然居士曰。天下為公論不可廢。縱抑之不行其如公論何。所以叢林舉一有道之士。聞見必欣然稱賀。或舉一不諦當者。眾人必慼然嗟嘆。其實無他。以公論行與不行也。烏乎用此可以卜叢林之盛衰矣（可菴集）。 > Miaoxi said to Layman Chaoran: “Public opinion under heaven cannot be discarded. Even if suppressed so that it cannot be exercised, what can one do about public opinion? Therefore, when the monastic grove recommends a person who possesses the Way, those who hear and see it unfailingly offer joyful congratulations; but if it recommends one who is inappropriate, the assembly unfailingly sighs in grief and lamentation. In truth there is no other reason: it is because public opinion is exercised or not exercised. Alas, by this one can foretell the rise and fall of the monastic grove!” (Ke'an ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.47) - [Next: 3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.49) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022~en-mt.3.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.48) · Pramāṇa