[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 11.130 # 高僧傳 11.130 高僧傳 11.130 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.11.130) 夫慧資於定、定資於戒故，戒、定、慧品義次第故，當知入道即以戒律為本，居俗則以禮義為先。《禮記》云：「道德仁義，非禮不成。教訓正俗，非禮不備。」經云：「戒為平地，眾善由生。三世佛道，藉戒方住。」故律解五法，制使先知。斬草三相，不可不識。然後定慧法門，以次修學。 > Wisdom relies on concentration, and concentration relies on precepts; because of the sequential order in the meaning of the categories of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, one should know that entering the Way takes the vinaya precepts as its root, while living in the secular world takes propriety and righteousness as foremost. The Book of Rites says: "The Way and virtue, benevolence and righteousness, cannot be completed without propriety. Instructing and rectifying customs cannot be fully realized without propriety." The sūtra says: "Precepts are the level ground from which all goods arise. The Buddha-way of the three periods of time abides only by relying on the precepts." Therefore the five dharmas of understanding vinaya are mandated to be known first. The three marks of cutting grass must be recognized. Only after this may the Dharma gates of concentration and wisdom be cultivated and studied in their proper sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.11.129) - [Next: 11.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.11.131) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.11.130) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.11.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.11.130) · Pramāṇa