[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) › 8.58 # 廣弘明集 8.58 廣弘明集 8.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.58) 答曰。聖道虛寂圓應無方。無方之應逗彼群品。器量有淺深。感通有厚薄。故令無像之像。像遍十方。無言之言。言充八極。應實塵砂大略有二。 > I answer: The sage's Way is quiescent and vast, responding perfectly without fixed direction. Responses without fixed direction adapt to those various sentient beings. Their capacities vary in depth; their resonance varies in intensity. Therefore, the form of the formless manifests forms throughout the ten directions; the speech of the wordless fills the eight extremities with words. Responses are truly as numerous as grains of sand, but broadly speaking there are two kinds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.57) - [Next: 8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.59) - [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.8.58) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.58) · Pramāṇa