[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) › [續集古今佛道論衡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105) › 1.32 # 續集古今佛道論衡 1.32 續集古今佛道論衡 1.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.32) 帝曰。此八種道。常修梵行博通外典。即是世間聰惠上人。當時值佛應得悟正。云何不捨諸見仍有此。法蘭法師對曰。佛生難遇。百一小劫一佛出世。佛未出已前造化之始。或有大力諸天。或有自在聖人。恐世無訓降生此俗。或作帝王。或作師儒。各舉已一。或教梵行。或可教禮敬行。或教事佛。或教事日月神。或教事江海神。或教事諸山神。或教事水火神。或教事社稷神。或教事先師神。如是等種種神明悉教事之眾生。從劫初已來學習久遠。雖值佛出世。有鈍根者咸言。我之事從元皇已來尊仰。佛雖神異其教近耳。何能捨本從今。爾時執見者在其道不滅。 > The Emperor said, 'These eight kinds of paths constantly cultivate brahmacaryā and are broadly versed in non-Buddhist texts; they are indeed superior persons of worldly wisdom. If they encountered a Buddha at that time, they should have awakened to the correct; why did they not abandon their various views and still have these?' Dharma Master \[Dharma\]ratna replied, 'A Buddha's appearance is difficult to encounter; one Buddha appears in the world in one hundred and one minor kalpas. Before a Buddha appears, at the beginning of creation, there are either devas of great power or self-mastered sages who, fearing the world would lack instruction, descend to be born in these customs, acting either as emperors and kings or as master scholars. Each puts forward their own way: some teach brahmacaryā, some teach practices of ritual respect, some teach serving the Buddha, some teach serving the spirits of the sun and moon, some teach serving the spirits of rivers and seas, some teach serving the spirits of the mountains, some teach serving the spirits of fire and water, some teach serving the spirits of the soil and grain, some teach serving the spirits of former masters. All these various spirits they teach sentient beings to serve. Since the beginning of the kalpa, sentient beings have studied and practiced this for a long time; even if they encounter a Buddha appearing in the world, those of dull faculties all say: "What we serve has been revered since the Primal Sovereign. Although the Buddha is miraculous and extraordinary, his teachings are recent; how can we abandon the root to follow what is recent?" At that time, those who clung to their views remained in their paths without being extinguished.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.31) - [Next: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.33) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105~en-mt.1.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.32) · Pramāṇa