[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) › 12.27 # 高僧傳 12.27 高僧傳 12.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.27) 然聖教不同，開遮亦異。若是大權為物，適時而動，利現萬端，非教所制。故經云：能然手足一指，迺勝國城布施。若是出家凡僧，本以威儀攝物。而今殘毀形骸，壞福田相，考而為談，有得有失。得在忘身，失在違戒。故龍樹云：新行菩薩，不能一時備行諸度。或滿檀而乖孝，如王子投虎；或滿慧而乖慈，如檢他斷食等。皆由行未全美，不無盈缺。 > However, sacred teachings differ, and allowances and prohibitions vary. If it is a great skillful means undertaken for the sake of beings, moving in accord with the times, the benefits manifested are myriad, beyond the control of ordinary regulations. Thus the sūtra states: 'One who can burn a single finger of the hand or foot surpasses the dāna of kingdoms and cities.' Yet for ordinary monks who have entered the monastic life, their original purpose is to guide beings through dignities and deportment. Now, if they mutilate their bodily husks and destroy the marks of a field of merit, examining this in debate, there are both gains and losses. The gain lies in forgetting the body; the loss lies in transgressing the precepts. Thus Nāgārjuna said: 'Bodhisattvas of new practice cannot simultaneously perform all the perfections in full. Some fulfill dāna yet run contrary to filial piety, such as the prince throwing himself to the tigress; some fulfill wisdom yet run contrary to compassion, such as scrutinizing others to the point of cutting off their food.' These are all because their practice is not yet completely consummate, not without excess and deficiency. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.26) - [Next: 12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.28) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.12.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.27) · Pramāṇa