[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) › 9.33 # 廣弘明集 9.33 廣弘明集 9.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.33) 老子序云。陰陽之道化成萬物。道生於東。為木陽也。佛生於西。為金陰也。道父佛母。道天佛地。道生佛死道因佛緣。並一陰一陽不相離也。佛者道之所生。大乘守善道者。自然無所從生。佛會大坐。法地方也。道會小坐。法天圓也。道人不兵者。乃是陰氣女人像也。故不加兵役。道作兵者。可知道人見天子王侯不拜。像女人深宮不干政也。道士見天子守令拜者。以干政為臣僚也。道會飲酒者無過也。佛會不飲。以女人飲酒犯七出也。道會不齋。以主生生須食也。佛會持齋。以主死死不食也。又以女人節食也。道人獨坐。以女人守一也。道士聚宿故無所制也。 > The Laozi xu says: 'The way of yin and yang transforms and completes the myriad things. The Dao is born in the east, being wood and yang; the Buddha is born in the west, being metal and yin. The Dao is the father, the Buddha is the mother; the Dao is heaven, the Buddha is earth; the Dao is life, the Buddha is death; the Dao is cause, the Buddha is condition. Together, as one yin and one yang, they are inseparable. The Buddha is what the Dao produces. As for the Mahāyāna that maintains the good Dao, it naturally has nothing from which it is born. The Buddha-assembly sits in large \[squares\], modeling itself on the squareness of earth; the Daoist-assembly sits in small \[circles\], modeling itself on the roundness of heaven. That Buddhist monks do not perform military service is because they bear the semblance of yin-qi and women; therefore military service is not imposed on them. As for the Dao producing soldiers, one can understand that when Buddhist monks see the Son of Heaven, princes, and marquises, they do not bow down, resembling women who stay deep in the inner palace and do not interfere in government affairs. When Daoists see the Son of Heaven, commandery governors, and magistrates, they bow down, because they interfere in government affairs as officials. That in Daoist assemblies they drink wine is without fault; in Buddha-assemblies they do not drink, because a woman drinking wine violates one of the seven grounds for expulsion. Daoist assemblies do not fast, because they govern life, and life requires eating; Buddha-assemblies observe the fast, because they govern death, and death does not eat; furthermore, it is because women moderate their food. Buddhist monks sit alone, because women maintain oneness; Daoists lodge together, therefore they have no restriction.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.32) - [Next: 9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.34) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.9.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.9.33) · Pramāṇa