[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) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 10.23 # 緇門警訓 10.23 緇門警訓 10.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.10.23) 志曰。佛者。漢言覺也。將以覺悟群生也。統其教以修善慈心為主。不殺生類。專務清淨。精進者為沙門。漢言息心。剃髮去家絕情洗慾。而歸於無為也。又以人死精神不滅。隨復受形。所行善惡後生皆有報應。所貴行善以練其精神。練而不已以至無生。而得為佛也。身長一丈六尺黃金色。項中佩日月光。變化無常無所不入故。能化通萬物而大濟群生也。有經書數千卷。以虛無為宗。包羅精粗無所不統。善為宏闊勝大之言。所求在一體之內。所明在視聽之表。歸依玄微深遠難得而測。故王公大人觀生死報應之際。無不據然自失也。魏書云。其佛經大抵言生生之類。皆因行業而起有過去當今未來三世也。其修道階次等級非一。皆緣淺以及深。籍微以為著。率在於積仁順蠲嗜慾。習虛靜而成通照也。 > The treatise states: '"Buddha" in the Han language means "Awakened," meaning to awaken all living beings. In general, its teaching takes cultivating goodness and a compassionate mind as primary, not killing living creatures, and exclusively pursuing purity. The vigorous ones become śramaṇas, which in the Han language means "resting the mind." They shave their hair, leave their families, cut off desires, wash away cravings, and return to non-action. Furthermore, it holds that when a person dies, the spirit is not extinguished, and in accordance with this takes on a form again. The good and evil done will all have retribution in a future life. What is valued is doing good to refine one's spirit; refining without ceasing brings one to non-arising, and one can become a Buddha. His body is one zhang and six chi tall, of golden color, with the light of the sun and moon worn around his neck. His transformations are impermanent and there is nowhere he does not penetrate; therefore he can transformatively reach the ten thousand things and greatly save all living beings. There are several thousand fascicles of scripture, taking voidness and nothingness as the core, embracing the refined and the coarse, leaving nothing unguided. They are skilled in vast and supreme words: what they seek is within one body, and what they clarify is beyond sights and sounds. Taking refuge in the dark, subtle, deep, and far, it is difficult to fathom. Therefore, when princes and grandees observe the juncture of birth, death, and retribution, none fail to become suddenly stunned and lose themselves.' The Book of Wei says: 'Its Buddhist scriptures generally say that the kinds of living beings all arise due to actions and karma, and there are three periods of time: past, present, and future. The stages and grades of its cultivation of the Way are not uniform, but all follow from the shallow to the deep, relying on the subtle to reach the manifest. All consist in accumulating benevolence and compliance, getting rid of desires, and practicing emptiness and stillness to achieve thorough illumination.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.10.22) - [Next: 10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.10.24) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.10.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.1.23) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.10.23) · Pramāṇa