[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) › 4.45 # 弘明集 4.45 弘明集 4.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.45) 答曰。豈其相迫。居吾語子。聖人在上不與百神爭長。有始有卒焉得無死之地云云。 > \[The opponent\] answers: How could I be pressing you? Sit, and I shall tell you! When a sage is above, he does not contend for supremacy with the hundred spirits. Where there is a beginning, there is an end; how could there be a land without death? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.44) - [Next: 4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.46) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.4.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.4.45) · Pramāṇa