[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) › [集古今佛道論衡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104) › 2.8 # 集古今佛道論衡 2.8 集古今佛道論衡 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.2.8) 五或章書伐德者。遷達七祖乞免擔沙。橫費紙筆奏章太上。又云。戊辰之日。上必不達。不達太上則生民抂死。嗚呼哀哉。 > Fifth, regarding petitioning texts that destroy virtue: To deliver the ancestors of seven generations and beg for release from carrying sand, they waste paper and brush submitting petitions to the Supreme Lord. They also say that on wuchen days, petitions will certainly not reach above; and if they do not reach the Supreme Lord, the living people will die untimely deaths. Alas, how sorrowful! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104~en-mt.2.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.8.64) — Classical Chinese - [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.8.16) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.2.8) · Pramāṇa