[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) › 3.18 # 廣弘明集 3.18 廣弘明集 3.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.18) 釋四曰。內教多途。出家自是其一法耳。若能誠孝在心。仁惠為本。須達流水不必剔落髦髮。豈令罄井田而起塔廟。窮編戶以為僧尼也。皆由為政不能節之。遂使非法之寺妨民稼穡。無業之僧空國賦算。非大覺之本旨也。抑又論之。求道者身計也。惜費者國謀也。身計國謀不可兩遂。誠臣徇主而棄親。孝子安家而忘國。各有行也。儒有不屈王侯高尚其事。隱有讓王辭相避世山林。安可計其賦役以為罪人也。若能皆化黔首悉入道場。如妙樂之世儴佉之國。則有自然粳米無盡寶藏。安求田蠶之利乎。 > The fourth explanation states: The inner teaching has many paths; leaving home to be ordained is naturally only one of its methods. If one can keep sincerity and filial piety in mind and take benevolence and kindness as the foundation, then like Sudatta and Jalavāhana, one does not necessarily have to shave one's hair. How could it be intended to exhaust the well-field lands to erect stūpas and temples, or to deplete registered households to make them monks and nuns? This has all come about because those who govern are unable to regulate it, resulting in illicit monasteries interfering with the people's farming and unproductive monks draining the state's tax revenues. This is not the original purport of the Great Enlightened One. Moreover, to discuss it further: seeking the Way is a plan for oneself; sparing expense is a calculation for the state. A plan for oneself and a calculation for the state cannot both be fulfilled. A loyal minister serves his ruler and abandons his parents; a filial son brings peace to his family and forgets the state. Each has his own course of action. Among Confucians, there are those who do not bow before kings and dukes, exalting their personal integrity; among recluses, there are those who decline kingship, refuse the chancellorship, and flee the world into mountains and forests. How can one tally their taxes and corvée labor and deem them criminals? If one could transform all the common people so that they all entered the place of practice, as in the World of Wondrous Joy or the Realm of Śaṅkha, there would be natural non-glutinous rice and inexhaustible jewel treasuries; why seek the profits of farming and sericulture? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.3.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.18) · Pramāṇa