[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) › 18.49 # 廣弘明集 18.49 廣弘明集 18.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.49) 維三問。答云。由教而信。則有日進之功。非漸所明。則無入照之分。夫尊教而推宗者。雖不永用。當推之時。豈可不暫合無耶。若許其暫合。猶自賢於不合非漸如何。 > Wei asked a third time: Your answer states: 'Due to teaching, faith has the merit of daily advance; but since illumination is not gradual, there is no degree of entering into illumination.' Now, as for one who reveres the teaching and seeks the ultimate: although it is not used forever, at the time of seeking, how could one not temporarily unite with non-being? If you grant that he temporarily unites with it, that is still superior to not uniting with it; how is this not gradual? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.48) - [Next: 18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.50) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.18.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.18.49) · Pramāṇa