[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) › 83.23 # 法苑珠林 83.23 法苑珠林 83.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [83.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.23) 又智度論云。若人欲得所聞皆持。應當一心憶念令念增長。於相似事。繫念令知所不見事。如周利槃陀迦比丘。繫心拭屣物中念憶禪定。除心垢法乃得羅漢果。彼人暗鈍令誦掃帚兩字。猶不俱得。得掃忘帚。得帚忘掃。如此矇鈍尚得聖道。何況利人不得聖道。天下極鈍豈過於此。佛法貴行不貴不行。但能勤行。縱復寡聞亦先入道。 > Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: If one wishes to retain all that one hears, one should single-mindedly recollect it to cause mindfulness to increase. In matters of resemblance, one should focus one's mindfulness so as to know what is not seen. For example, the monk Cūḍapanthaka focused his mind on a shoe-cleaning cloth, recollected meditative absorption, and eliminated the defilements of the mind, thereby attaining the fruit of an arhat. That man was dull-witted and obtuse; when told to recite the two words "sweep" and "broom", he still could not master both: remembering "sweep", he forgot "broom"; remembering "broom", he forgot "sweep". If one so dull could still attain the noble Way, how much more so the sharp-witted! How could anyone in the world be duller than this? The Buddha's Dharma values practice, not non-practice. If only one can practice diligently, even if of little learning, one will still be the first to enter the Way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 83.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.22) - [Next: 83.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.24) - [Up: 83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.83.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.23) · Pramāṇa