[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) › 8.48 # 廣弘明集 8.48 廣弘明集 8.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.48) 問。先生高談壽夭繕績前生業果雖詳芝丹仍略。且道家之極。極在長生。呼吸太一吐故納新。子欲劣之其可得乎。 > The questioner asks: You, Sir, have spoken loftily of longevity, early death, and repairing and weaving from former lives. Although karmic fruitions are detailed, the \[immortal\] mushrooms and elixirs are still treated cursorily. Furthermore, the ultimate of the Daoist school reaches its culmination in longevity: inhaling the Great Unity, exhaling the old and absorbing the new. If you wish to deem it inferior, how could that be possible? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.47) - [Next: 8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.49) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.8.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.48) · Pramāṇa