[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) › 6.24 # 高僧傳 6.24 高僧傳 6.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.24) 先是，中土未有泥洹常住之說，但言壽命長遠而已。遠乃歎曰：「佛是至極，至極則無變；無變之理，豈有窮耶！」因著〈法性論〉曰：「至極以不變為性，得性以體極為宗。」羅什見論而歎曰：「邊國人未有經，便闇與理合，豈不妙哉！」 > Prior to this, the Central Lands did not yet have the doctrine of the eternal abiding of nirvāṇa, but spoke only of long life. Huiyuan thereupon sighed and said: "The Buddha is the ultimate; the ultimate is unchanging. How could the principle of the unchanging ever be exhausted!" He then composed the \*Treatise on the Dharma-nature\*, saying: "The ultimate takes non-change as its nature; attaining this nature takes realizing the ultimate as its principle." When Kumārajīva saw the treatise, he praised it, saying: "A person of a border country, before even having the scriptures, has secretly chimed with the principle! Is this not wonderful!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.23) - [Next: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.25) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.6.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.211) — Classical Chinese - [北山錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2113.7.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.24) · Pramāṇa