[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 10.100 # 諸經要集 10.100 諸經要集 10.100 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.100) 守諸禁戒故　不敢挽頓絕 佛說諸草木　悉是鬼神村 我等不敢違　是以不能絕 如似呪場中　為蛇畫境界 以神呪力故　毒蛇不敢度 牟尼尊畫界　我等不敢越 得聖之橋津　諸利之首目 誰有智慧者　欲壞戒德瓶 > "Because we guard the prohibitive precepts, / We dare not pull and snap \[the grass\]. / The Buddha taught that all grasses and trees / Are the villages of ghosts and spirits; / We dare not disobey, / And therefore cannot snap them. / Just as in an arena of incantations, / A boundary is drawn for a snake, / And through the power of the divine mantra / The venomous snake dare not cross; / So the boundaries drawn by the Munīndra / We dare not transgress. / This is the bridge and ford to attaining sagehood, / The foremost chief of all benefits; / Who that possesses wisdom / Would wish to break the vase of preceptive virtue?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.99) - [Next: 10.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.101) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.10.100) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.10.100) · Pramāṇa