[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) › 12.38 # 諸經要集 12.38 諸經要集 12.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.38) 如人在岐道　疑惑無所取 諸法實相中　疑亦復如是 疑故不勤求　諸法之實相 是疑從癡生　惡中之惡者 善不善法中　生死及涅槃 定實其有法　法中莫生疑 汝若懷疑惑　死王獄吏縛 如師子搏鹿　不能得解脫 在世雖有疑　當隨妙善法 譬如觀岐道　利好者應逐 > "Like a person at a fork in the road, > who in hesitation and doubt takes nothing, > with regard to the true mark of all dharmas, > doubt is also like this. > Because of doubt, one does not diligently seek > the true mark of all dharmas. > This doubt arises from ignorance; > it is the most evil of evils. > Among wholesome and unwholesome dharmas, > saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, > there are definitively real dharmas; > do not give rise to doubt regarding the Dharma. > If you harbor hesitation and doubt, > you will be bound by the wardens of the King of Death, > like a lion seizing a deer, > unable to attain liberation. > Though having doubts in the world, > one should follow the wondrous and wholesome Dharma; > just as when observing a fork in the road, > one should follow that which is good and advantageous." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.37) - [Next: 12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.39) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.12.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.110) — Classical Chinese - [修習止觀坐禪法要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.52) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.38) · Pramāṇa