[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 13.104 # 廣弘明集 13.104 廣弘明集 13.104 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.104) 內喻曰。釋誕隆周之初。老生姬季之末。論年二百餘祀。語世一十餘王。紫氣青牛。弗在昭莊之世。神光白象。非關桓景之年。然而洞霧昏天濁流翳地。文仲逆祀。孔子非其不智。子禽毀聖。賜也譏其失言。言玷難磨駟不及舌。誠不虛也（前折愚後嘆聖）夫俯迹應凡。託質於危脆。蹈機化物。同壽於百年。故果局因修。信相由茲起惑。齡促化廣。慈氏以故發疑。巨嶽非衡石所量。譬壽久而猶邈。玄虛非丈尺所辯。方劫遠而無窮。豈知蛇穴求仙翻其夭世。蜺纓待藥未且延齡。蓋騰鷃共鵬翼偶高。馳駑與驥足爭遠。爾道之劣六也。 > The Buddhist response says: Śākya was born at the beginning of the glorious Zhou; Laozi was born at the end of the Ji lineage. In terms of years, they differ by more than two hundred; in terms of generations, by more than ten kings. The purple vapor and the green ox did not exist in the eras of Kings Zhao and Zhuang; the miraculous light and the white elephant had nothing to do with the years of Kings Huan and Jing. However, a profound fog obscures the heavens, and muddy torrents shroud the earth. When Wenzhong performed improper sacrifices, Confucius censured him as unwise; when Ziqin disparaged the Sage, Cigong ridiculed his erroneous words. A blemish in words is hard to erase; a four-horse team cannot overtake the tongue. This is truly not false! (First, refuting the foolish; next, praising the Sage.) Now, condescending with traces in response to common mortals, he lodged his body in a fragile vessel; seizing the opportune moment to transform beings, he shared a lifespan of a hundred years. Hence, because fruits are bound by causal cultivation, the bodhisattva Xinxin thereby gave rise to doubt; because his age was short while his conversions were wide, Maitreya for that reason raised questions. A colossal peak cannot be weighed by balances and weights—this illustrates that his long lifespan is yet unimaginably distant. The profound void cannot be measured by feet and rods—this compares to the kalpas being remote and limitless. How could one know that seeking immortality in a snake’s cave instead shortens one's life in the world, and awaiting medicine from a rainbow ribbon still fails to prolong one's age? This is like a rising quail striving for height alongside the roc's wings, or a galloping nag competing in distance with the steed's strides. This is the sixth inferiority of your Dao. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.103) - [Next: 13.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.105) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.13.104) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [辯正論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.6.71) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.13.104) · Pramāṇa