[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 4.21 # 宋高僧傳 4.21 宋高僧傳 4.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.4.21) 系曰：曲士不可以語道者，束其教也。是故好白者以黑為污，好黑者以白為污焉。璟怒心尤重，猛利業增如射箭，頃墮在地獄。列高僧品次，起穢以自臭耶？通曰：「難信之法，易速謗誚，謗誚豈唯一人乎？俾令眾所知識者直陷三塗，乃知順璟真顯教菩薩也。況乎趙盾為法受惡，菩薩乃為法亡身。斯何足怪？君不見尼犍外道一一謗佛，而獨使提婆生陷，後於法華會上受記作佛，靜言思之。」 > The appraisal says: One cannot speak of the Dao to a narrow-minded scholar because he is bound by his training. Therefore, those who prefer white regard black as defilement, while those who prefer black regard white as defilement. Sungyeong's mind of wrath was especially heavy; his fierce karmic potency mounted like an arrow loosed, plunging him into hell in an instant. Ranked among the tiers of eminent monks, is this bringing up filth to defile oneself? In resolution, one says: "The Dharma that is difficult to believe easily invites swift slander and mockery; could slander and mockery come from only one person? Causing one who is widely known to sink straight into the three destinies makes us realize that Sungyeong was truly an exoteric bodhisattva. Moreover, Zhao Dun endured infamy for the sake of the law, whereas a bodhisattva loses his life for the sake of the Dharma. What is strange about this? Do you not see that the Nirgrantha heretics slandered the Buddha one by one, yet Devadatta alone was made to sink down alive, and later received the prediction of Buddhahood in the assembly of the Lotus Sūtra? Reflect quietly upon this." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.4.20) - [Next: 4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.4.22) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.4.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.4.21) · Pramāṇa