[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) › 24.12 # 廣弘明集 24.12 廣弘明集 24.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.12) 門下。凝覺澄沖事超俗外。淵模崇賾理寄忘言。然非言何以釋教。非世何能表真。是以三藏舒風必資誡典。六度摛化固憑尺波。自象教東流千齡已半。秦漢俗華制禁彌密。故前世英人隨宜興例。世輕世重以裨玄奧。先朝之世甞為僧禁。小有未詳宜其修立。近見沙門統僧顯等白云。欲更一刊定。朕聊以淺識共詳至典。事起怱怱觸未詳究。且可設法一時粗救世。殿須立白一同更釐厥衷。 > From the Chancellery: Congealed enlightenment is pure and calm, its matters transcending the mundane world; its profound model is loftily abstruse, its principle resting in the forgetting of words. Yet without words, how could the teaching be explained? Without the secular, how could the truth be manifested? Therefore, for the wind of the Tripiṭaka to spread, it must rely on disciplinary standards; for the transformation of the six perfections to unfold, it truly depends on temporal measures. Since the teaching of images flowed east, a millennium is half gone; the customs of the Qin and Han were elaborate, and their prohibitions ever more dense. Thus eminent men of former generations established rules in accordance with what was fitting, adjusting between leniency and severity according to the times to assist the profound mystery. In the previous reign, prohibitions for the saṃgha were once formulated, but there were minor points not yet fully clarified, which ought to be revised and established. Recently We saw the report of Controller of Śramaṇas Sengxian and others, stating that they wished to edit and settle them once again. With Our shallow understanding, We have briefly examined the ultimate canonical texts alongside them. The undertaking arose in haste and has not been thoroughly investigated. For the time being, provisional measures may be enacted to broadly remedy the times; once finalized in the palace, they shall be reported so that the matter may be revised and brought to a sound conclusion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.11) - [Next: 24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.13) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.24.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.24.12) · Pramāṇa