[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) › 52.44 # 法苑珠林 52.44 法苑珠林 52.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [52.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.44) 蓋聞睿知一揆圖度萬端。業行黑白受報昇降。大小方音長短別域。德有隱顯行有淺深。是以群聖降迹緣感斯應。或標奇顯相。或韜形晦跡。軌轍雖殊弘道罔異。若不校量罕知優劣也。 > Now, it is heard that while wise knowledge holds to a single standard, calculations and plans take myriad forms. Karmic actions are black or white, and receiving retribution rises or falls. Major and minor regional sounds, long and short distinct domains: virtue has the hidden and the manifest, and practice has the shallow and the deep. Therefore, the multitude of sages descend in physical traces, responding wherever conditions elicit a resonance. Some display marvels and reveal signs; some conceal their forms and obscure their traces. Though their paths differ, their propagation of the Way is never distinct. If one does not evaluate and compare them, one seldom knows their superiority or inferiority. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 52.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.43) - [Next: 52.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.45) - [Up: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.52.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.44) · Pramāṇa