[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) › 7.52 # 廣弘明集 7.52 廣弘明集 7.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.52) 故道步虛云。天人同其願。飄颻入紫微。七祖生天堂。我身白日升。如是非一。述天堂也。不許僧云。是誰過乎。 > Therefore, the Daoist Pacing the Void says: 'Devas and humans share their aspiration; drifting upward, they enter the Purple Tenuity. The seven ancestors are born in heaven, and my own body ascends in broad daylight.' Passages like this are not few; they describe heaven, yet he does not permit monks to speak of it—whose fault is that? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.51) - [Next: 7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.53) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.7.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.7.52) · Pramāṇa