[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) › [三教平心論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117) › 1.15 # 三教平心論 1.15 三教平心論 1.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.15) 以是知有世間法有出世間法。儒道二教世間法也。佛教則始於世間法。而終之以出世間法也。何以謂之世間哉。華嚴經曰。有天世間有人世間有琰摩王世間。是三界之內。皆謂之世間也。有法於此。使人周迴生死循環無已。不出乎三界之內者。謂之世間法。一真覺性含裹十方。非三界之所能繫者。謂之出世間法。佛以五乘設教。前之二乘曰人乘天乘者。世間法也。後之三乘曰聲聞緣覺菩薩乘者。出世間法也。人乘者五戒之謂也。一曰不殺。謂當愛生。不可以輒暴一物。不止不食其肉也。二曰不盜。謂非義不取。不止不攘他物也。三曰不邪淫。謂不亂。非其匹偶也。四曰不妄語。謂不以言欺人。五曰不飲酒。謂不以醉亂其修心。持此五者。資之所以為人也。儒家之五常即是其意也。 > From this we know that there are mundane dharmas and supramundane dharmas. The two teachings of Confucianism and Daoism are mundane dharmas. Buddhism begins with mundane dharmas and concludes with supramundane dharmas. Why is it called 'mundane'? The Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: 'There is the heavenly world, there is the human world, and there is the realm of King Yama.' Within the traidhātuka, all is called 'mundane'. If there is a dharma that causes people to cycle through life and death endlessly without departing from within the traidhātuka, it is called a mundane dharma. The one true awakened nature enfolds the ten directions and cannot be bound by the traidhātuka; this is called a supramundane dharma. The Buddha established teachings by means of the five vehicles. The former two vehicles, called the human vehicle and the heavenly vehicle, are mundane dharmas. The latter three vehicles, called the śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva vehicles, are supramundane dharmas. The human vehicle refers to the five precepts. The first is not killing, which means one should cherish life and must not lightly commit violence against any creature, not merely abstaining from eating its flesh. The second is not stealing, which means not taking what is not right, not merely abstaining from seizing others' possessions. The third is not committing sexual misconduct, which means not behaving debauchedly with anyone who is not one's spouse. The fourth is not speaking falsely, which means not deceiving people with words. The fifth is not drinking liquor, which means not throwing one's cultivation of the mind into confusion through intoxication. Upholding these five is what provides the basis for being human. The five constants of Confucianism are precisely this meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.14) - [Next: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.16) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117~en-mt.1.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2117.1.15) · Pramāṇa