[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) › [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102) › 12.57 # 弘明集 12.57 弘明集 12.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.57) 難曰。夫理至無酬誠如來示。然情在罔極則敬自從之。此聖人之所以緣情制禮。而各通其寄也。若以功深惠重必略其謝。則釋迦之德。為是深耶為是淺耶。若淺耶不宜以小道而亂大倫。若深耶豈得彼肅其恭而此絕其敬哉。 > I object: That the ultimate principle admits of no repayment is truly as your letter says. Yet when feelings dwell on boundless \[favor\], reverence naturally follows. This is why the sages instituted ritual according to feelings, enabling each to convey its lodging. If, because merit is profound and benevolence heavy, one must dispense with gratitude, then as for the virtue of Śākya, is it profound or is it shallow? If it is shallow, one ought not to disrupt the great human relationships with a minor path. If it is profound, how could one show austere reverence to him while severing one's reverence toward this \[sovereign\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.56) - [Next: 12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.58) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.12.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.57) · Pramāṇa