[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) › [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034) › 12.80 # 歷代三寶紀 12.80 歷代三寶紀 12.80 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12.80) 右二部合三十五卷。真寂寺沙門釋信行撰。行魏州人。少而落采博綜群經。蘊獨見之明。顯高蹈之跡。與先舊德解行弗同。不令聲聞兼菩薩行。捨二百五十戒。居大僧下在沙彌上。門徒悉行方等。結淨頭陀乞食。日止一飡在道路行。無問男女率皆禮拜。欲似法華常不輕行。夫涅槃一理趣有萬途。譬若帝京八方奔湊。涅槃亦爾。十方皆歸。但路有艱夷。或迂或直。意迷其逕解翻成惑。心醒其途惑即為解。所以經言。眾生未成佛。以菩提為煩惱。眾生若成佛。以煩惱為菩提。信行此途。亦是萬衢之一術也。但人愛同惡異。緣是時復致譏。此錄並引經論正文。而其外題無定准的。雖曰對根起行幽隱。指體標牓於事少潛。來哲儻詳幸知有據（開皇二十年勅斷不聽流行。想同箴勗）。 > The above two works comprise thirty-five fascicles in total. Compiled by Śramaṇa Shi Xinxing of Zhenji Temple. Xinxing was a native of Weizhou. From his youth he was refined and brilliant, widely encompassing the various scriptures. He harboured unique insight and made manifest his lofty conduct. His understanding and practice differed from those of former elders of old: he did not allow śrāvakas to combine their practice with bodhisattva conduct; he renounced the two hundred and fifty precepts, placing himself below full monks (mahāsaṅgha) and above śrāmaṇeras. His disciples all practised the Vaipulya teachings, joined in pure dhūta, begged for food, ate only one meal a day, and walked along the roads, bowing in veneration to everyone without distinction of male or female, seeking to resemble the conduct of Sadāparibhūta in the Lotus Sūtra. Now, nirvāṇa is a single principle, yet the paths toward it are myriad. It is like the imperial capital, toward which people rush from the eight directions; nirvāṇa is also like this, with the ten directions all converging upon it. But the routes have hardships and level stretches, some being circuitous and some direct. When the mind is deluded about its path, understanding turns back into perplexity; when the mind is awakened to its route, perplexity becomes understanding. Therefore the scriptures say: 'When sentient beings have not yet attained buddhahood, they take bodhi to be defilement; when sentient beings have attained buddhahood, they take defilement to be bodhi.' This route of Xinxing is likewise one method among the myriad avenues. Yet people love conformity and detest difference, and for this reason he occasionally drew criticism. This catalogue draws throughout upon the canonical texts of sūtras and treatises, though its external titles lack fixed standards. Although it is called 'Cultivating Practice in Accordance with Capacities' and is profound and obscure, in designating substances and posting headings it conceals little of the actual matter. If future sages examine it, they may fortunately know that it has authority. (In the twentieth year of Kaihuang, an imperial edict banned it and did not permit its circulation. This was presumably to serve as an admonition and encouragement.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12.79) - [Next: 12.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12.81) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034~en-mt.12.80) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.12.80) · Pramāṇa