[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 5.47 # 佛祖歷代通載 5.47 佛祖歷代通載 5.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.47) 問曰。何以正言佛。佛為何謂乎。牟子曰。佛者覺也。猶名三皇神五帝聖也。佛乃道德之元祖。神明之宗緒。佛之言覺者。恍惚變化分身散體。或存或亡。能小能大。能圓能方。能老能少。能隱能彰。蹈火不燒履刃不傷。在污不染在禍無殃。不行而到。無作而光。故號為佛也。 > The question was asked: "Why is he properly called 'Buddha'? What does 'Buddha' mean?" Mouzi said: "'Buddha' means 'Awakened One', just as the Three Sovereigns are called divine and the Five Thearchs are called sagely. The Buddha is the primal ancestor of virtue and the Way, and the ancestral lineage of the numinous deities. What the Buddha calls 'awakened' is being capable of indistinct transformations, dividing the body and dispersing the form, either existing or not existing, being able to become small or large, round or square, old or young, hidden or manifest; treading on fire without burning, walking on blades without injury; residing in defilement without being tainted, encountering calamity without suffering harm; arriving without traveling, radiating light without fabricating. Therefore he is called the Buddha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.46) - [Next: 5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.48) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.5.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.1.7) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.5.47) · Pramāṇa