[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) › 5.24 # 弘明集 5.24 弘明集 5.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.5.24) 難曰。神即形為照。形因神為用。斯則然矣。悟既由惑亦不在神。神隨此形。故有賢愚。賢愚非神。而神為形用。三世周迴萬劫無算。賢愚靡始而功顯中路。無始之理玄而中路之功未熟。有在末之功。而拔無始之初者耶。若有嘉通則請後塵。 > The guest objected: 'The spirit takes corporeal form as its illumination; the corporeal form relies on spirit for its function. This is indeed so. Awakening is due to delusion, yet delusion does not reside in the spirit. The spirit follows this corporeal form, and therefore there are worthiness and foolishness. Worthiness and foolishness are not the spirit, yet the spirit is used by corporeal form. Circling through the three times for countless tens of thousands of kalpas, worthiness and foolishness have no beginning, yet efficacy becomes manifest midway. The principle of beginninglessness is profound, yet the efficacy midway is not yet mature. Is there an efficacy existing in the branches that can uproot the beginning of beginninglessness? If you have an excellent explanation, I ask to follow behind you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.5.23) - [Next: 5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.5.25) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.5.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.5.24) · Pramāṇa