[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) › 16.19 # 諸經要集 16.19 諸經要集 16.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.19) 如智度論云。一切諸法皆是虛誑。眾生愚癡不識親疎。瞋罵加害乃至奪命。起此重罪。故墮三塗受無量苦。譬如山中有一佛圖。彼中有一別房。房中有鬼。來恐惱道人。是諸道人皆捨房去。有一客僧來。維那處分令住此空房。而語之言。此房中有鬼神喜惱人。能住中者住。客僧自以持戒力多聞故。言小鬼何所能為。我能伏之。即入房住。暮更有一僧來求此住處。維那亦令在此房住。亦語有鬼惱人。其人亦言。小鬼何所能為。我當伏之。先入者閉戶端坐待鬼。後來者夜闇打門求入。先入者謂為是鬼。不為開戶。後來者極力打門。在內道人以力拒之。外者得勝排門得入。內者打之外者亦打。至旦相見。乃是故舊同學。識已各相愧謝。眾人雲集笑而怪之。眾生亦如是。五陰皆虛。無我無人。取相鬪諍橫加毒害。若披解在地。但有骨肉。無人無我。是故菩薩語眾生言。汝等莫於根本空中鬪諍。人身尚不可得。何況值佛。 > As the Zhidu lun states: All phenomena are empty and deceptive. Sentient beings in their folly do not recognize close from distant \[relations\]; they vent anger, revile, inflict harm, and even take life. Giving rise to these grave transgressions, they therefore fall into the three miserable destinies to undergo immeasurable suffering. For example, in a mountain there was a Buddhist monastery (stūpa/vihāra), within which there was a separate chamber. In the chamber was a ghost that came to frighten and trouble monks (daoren); thus the monks all abandoned the chamber and left. There was a visiting monk who arrived, and the karmadāna assigned him to dwell in this empty chamber, speaking to him, saying, 'In this chamber there is a ghost-spirit that likes to trouble people. If you are able to stay in it, stay.' The visiting monk, relying on the power of his precept-keeping and his broad learning, said, 'What can a petty ghost do? I can subdue it.' He then entered the room to stay. At dusk, another monk came seeking a dwelling place here, and the karmadāna also assigned him to stay in this room, likewise telling him that there was a ghost troubling people. That person also said, 'What can a petty ghost do? I shall subdue it.' The one who entered first shut the door and sat upright waiting for the ghost. The one who came later knocked on the door in the darkness of the night, seeking entry. The one inside thought it was the ghost and would not open the door for him. The one who came later knocked on the door with all his might, while the monk inside resisted him with his strength. The one outside gained the upper hand, pushed the door open, and managed to enter. The one inside struck him, and the one outside also struck back. When dawn broke and they saw each other, they turned out to be old friends and fellow students. Having recognized each other, they each felt shame and apologized. The multitude gathered like clouds, laughing and marveling at it. Sentient beings are also like this: the five aggregates are all empty; there is no self and no person. Grasping at signs, they quarrel and contend, willfully inflicting poisonous harm. If one lays them open on the ground, there is only bone and flesh; there is no person and no self. Therefore, the bodhisattva speaks to sentient beings, saying, 'Do not quarrel and contend over what is fundamentally empty. A human body is hard enough to obtain, how much more so meeting a buddha!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.18) - [Next: 16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.20) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.16.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.16.19) · Pramāṇa