[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) › 12.60 # 弘明集 12.60 弘明集 12.60 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.60) 答曰。夫沙門之道。自以敬為主。但津塗既殊。義無降屈。故雖天屬之重形。禮都盡也。沙門所以推宗師長自相崇敬者。良以宗致既同則長幼咸序。資通有係則事與心應。原佛法雖曠而不遺小善。一分之功報亦應之。積毫成山。義斯著矣。 > I reply: The Dao of a monk naturally takes reverence as primary; but because the paths are different, by principle there is no humbling or bending. Therefore, despite the gravity of kinship by nature, physical etiquette is entirely discarded. The reason monks defer to their teachers and elders and mutually revere one another is truly because, their宗旨 and purport being the same, elder and younger are completely ordered; their reliance on awakening being linked, practice and mind correspond. Originally, though the Buddha's Dharma is vast, it does not leave out minor good; the retribution for even a fraction of merit also responds. Piling fine hairs makes a mountain—the principle of this is clear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.59) - [Next: 12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.61) - [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.12.60) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.60) · Pramāṇa