[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) › 6.21 # 弘明集 6.21 弘明集 6.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.21) 論曰。其入不同其為必異。各成其性不易其事。又曰。或照五典。或布三乘。在華而華言。化夷而夷語。又曰。佛道齊乎達化而有夷夏之別。 > The treatise says: 'Their entrances differ, and their workings must be distinct; each fulfills its nature without altering its functions.' It also says: 'At times it illuminates the Five Classics, at times it spreads the Three Vehicles; in China it uses Chinese speech, transforming the barbarians it uses barbarian tongues.' It also says: 'The Buddha and the Dao are equal in penetrating transformation, yet there is a distinction between the barbarians and the Chinese.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.20) - [Next: 6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.22) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.6.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.21) · Pramāṇa