[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 6.31 # 傳法正宗記 6.31 傳法正宗記 6.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6.31) 評曰。聖人之法一也。安用南北而分其宗乎。曰然。一國所歸有岐路焉。不分何正。一姓所出有的庶焉。不分孰親。傳者（宋高僧傳也）以方三力士共射一堅洛叉。一曰。摩健那。雖中而不破。二曰鉢羅塞建提。破而不度。三曰那羅延箭。度而復穿他物。非堅洛叉有強弱。蓋射勢之不同耳。南能可謂那羅延。躬而獲賞。其喻近之矣。 > Evaluation: The Dharma of the sage is one. What need is there to divide its lineage into North and South? I say: Indeed. When a whole country converges upon a path that branches, if one does not distinguish them, how could they be rectified? When children issue from one surname, there are legitimate and secondary heirs; if one does not distinguish them, who could be determined as close? The biographer (the Song Gaoseng zhuan) likened this to three powerful warriors together shooting at an impenetrable target: the first is called Malla, whose shot hits it but does not pierce it; the second is called Praśākhi, which pierces it but does not pass through; the third is the Nārāyaṇa arrow, which passes through it and pierces other objects as well. It is not that the impenetrable target has differences of strength and weakness, but rather that the power of their shooting differs. Neng of the South can indeed be called a Nārāyaṇa; he personally attained the prize. The metaphor comes close to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6.30) - [Next: 6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6.32) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.6.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6.31) · Pramāṇa