[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) › [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106) › 3.2 # 集神州三寶感通錄 3.2 集神州三寶感通錄 3.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.2) 序曰。正法弘護其唯在人。故佛未降靈。法存而莫顯。僧初不至。徒聞而豈傳。是知事理因循義非沈隱。所以四依三品人依厥初。住法兩現畢資聖力。致使三洲聞道。終顯賓頭之功。六萬遐齡。教資羅漢之德。神僧聖寺。陳祥山海之間。香氣鍾聲。相顯幽明之際。列於視聽。良書筌而不窮。備諸古老。口實仰而無絕。故撮略所聞紀之云爾。 > The Preface says: The broad propagation and protection of the True Dharma rests solely upon humans. Therefore, before the Buddha descended his spiritual presence, the Dharma existed yet was not made manifest; before the Sangha first arrived, it was merely heard of, so how could it be transmitted? From this we know that phenomena and principle follow along their causes, and their significance is not concealed. Thus, as for the four reliances and the three ranks, humans relied on them from the very beginning; the twofold manifestation of the abiding Dharma relies entirely on holy power. Consequently, that the three continents heard the Way was ultimately made manifest through the merit of Piṇḍola; that the teaching endured for the vast span of sixty thousand years relied on the virtue of the arhats. Divine monks and holy temples display auspicious portents between the mountains and the seas; fragrant scents and bell chimes manifest their forms between the hidden and the manifest realms. Displayed before sight and hearing, fine books serve as fishing traps that are never exhausted; preserved among all the elders, the spoken accounts are revered and never cut off. Therefore, I have gathered a summary of what has been heard and recorded it as follows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106~en-mt.3.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.2) · Pramāṇa