[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 14.55 # 法苑珠林 14.55 法苑珠林 14.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.55) 又問。俗中常論。被秦姚興抑破重戒。云何得佛意耶。答曰。此非悠悠凡所籌度。何須評論。什師德行位在三賢。所在通化刪繁補闕。隨機而作。故大論一部十分略九。自餘經論例此可知。冥祥感應歷代彌新。深會聖旨罕逢難遇。又蒙文殊指授令其刪定。特異常倫。豈以別室見譏頓亡玄致者也。 > He also asked: "It is commonly discussed among the laity that he was compelled by Yao Xing of the Qin to violate the grave precepts. How could he still capture the Buddha's intent?" > He answered, saying: "This is not something that ordinary, mediocre people can fathom; why should it be criticized? Master Kumārajīva's virtuous conduct was at the rank of the three stages of worthies. Wherever he went, his transformative teaching penetrated thoroughly, pruning the superfluous and supplementing deficiencies, acting in accordance with the capacities \[of his audience\]. Thus, in the Great Treatise (Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra), nine parts out of ten were abridged; other scriptures and treatises can be understood by this example. The unseen auspicious resonances have grown ever newer down through the dynasties; deeply according with the sage's intent, such a person is rarely met and difficult to encounter. Moreover, he received direct instruction from Mañjuśrī to edit and finalize them, marking him as singularly extraordinary among his peers. How could he, merely because of the ridicule regarding his separate quarters, suddenly lose his profound principle?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.54) - [Next: 14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.56) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.14.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.55) · Pramāṇa