[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) › 3.18 # 緇門警訓 3.18 緇門警訓 3.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.18) 依法不依人者。人唯情有。法乃軌模。性空正理（性空通大小也）體離非妄。即用此法為正法依。涅槃極教盛明斯轍（涅槃云依法者即是法性不依人者即是聲聞緣覺）若能反彼俗心。憑準聖量。隱心行務知非性空乘持此心以為道路。一分知非明順空理。一分觀厭明違有事。如此安心分名修趣法性真道。 > Regarding relying on the Dharma and not relying on the person: A person exists only through emotion, whereas the Dharma is the norm. The correct principle of emptiness of nature (emptiness of nature applies to both the Lesser and Greater \[Vehicles\]) is in its essence free from error and falsity; one takes this Dharma as the reliance of the saddharma. The ultimate teaching of the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra thoroughly clarifies this path (the Nirvāṇa says: Relying on the Dharma means the dharmatā; not relying on the person means the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas). If one can reverse that mundane mind, rely on the standards of the sages, conceal the mind while engaging in affairs, know that the non-\[virtuous\] is empty in nature, and take hold of this mind as the path: one part of knowing errors clearly accords with the principle of emptiness, and one part of contemplating with revulsion clearly goes against conditioned affairs. Securing the mind in this manner is called partial cultivation and approach toward the true path of dharmatā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.3.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋門歸敬儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1896.1.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.3.18) · Pramāṇa