[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) › 7.17 # 弘明集 7.17 弘明集 7.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.7.17) 論云。佛經繁而顯。道經簡而幽。幽則妙門難見。顯則正路易遵。遵正則歸塗不迷。見妙則百慮咸得。疑曰。簡則易從云何難見。繁則難理豈得易遵。遵正則歸塗不迷。可以階道之極。雖非幽簡自然玄造。何假難明之術。代茲易曉之路哉。 > The treatise says: "The Buddhist scriptures are voluminous and manifest; the Daoist scriptures are concise and obscure. Being obscure, the wondrous gate is difficult to see; being manifest, the correct path is easy to follow. Following the correct, the return journey is not lost; seeing the wondrous, the hundred deliberations all succeed." The objection says: If it is concise, it is easy to follow—how can it be difficult to see? If it is voluminous, it is difficult to arrange—how could it be easy to follow? Following the correct, the return journey is not lost, and one can ascend to the utmost of the Dao. Though not obscure and concise, it is naturally a mysterious creation; why resort to obscure methods to replace this easily understood path? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.7.16) - [Next: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.7.18) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.7.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.7.17) · Pramāṇa