[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) › 7.111 # 佛祖歷代通載 7.111 佛祖歷代通載 7.111 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.111) 凡其經旨。大抵言生生之類。皆因行業而起。有過去當今未來三世。神識常不滅也。凡為善惡必有報應。多積勝業陶冶麁鄙。經無數形藻練神明。乃至無生而得佛道。其閒階次心行等級非一。皆緣淺以至深。藉微而為著。率在於積仁順蠲緣欲。習虛靜而成通照也。故其始修心則依佛法僧。謂之三歸。若君子之三畏也。又有五戒。去殺盜婬妄言飲酒。大意與仁義禮智信同。奉持則生天人勝處虧犯則墮鬼畜諸苦。又善惡生處。凡有六道焉。 > In general, the purport of its scriptures mostly states that kinds of sentient beings all arise due to actions and karma. There are three periods of time: past, present, and future; and the mental consciousness is never extinguished. In all cases, doing good or evil inevitably brings karmic retribution. Accumulating many superior deeds refines away the coarse and vulgar; passing through countless forms, one purifies the spirit, until reaching non-arising and attaining the Buddha Way. The stages, mental practices, and levels therein are not just one; all proceed from the shallow to the deep, relying on the subtle to manifest the evident. Generally, it consists in accumulating benevolence and compliance, eliminating conditioned desires, and practicing emptiness and stillness to achieve pervasive illumination. Therefore, at the outset of cultivating the mind, one relies on the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṃgha, which are called the Three Refuges, akin to the three awe-inspiring things of the gentleman. Furthermore, there are the Five Precepts: abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and drinking alcohol. Their general meaning is identical to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Upholding them leads to rebirth in the superior places of gods and humans; violating them leads to falling into the various sufferings of ghosts and animals. Moreover, the rebirth realms of good and evil comprise six destinies in all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.110) - [Next: 7.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.112) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.7.111) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.2.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.111) · Pramāṇa