[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) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.34 # 釋氏要覽 1.34 釋氏要覽 1.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.34) 梵語也。是西天草名。具五德。故將喻出家人。古師云。苾芻所以不譯者。蓋含五義故。一者體性柔軟。喻出家人能折伏身語麄獷故。二引蔓旁布。喻出家人傳法度人連延不絕故。三馨香遠聞。喻出家人戒德芬馥為眾所聞四能療疼痛。喻出家人能斷煩惱毒害故。五不背日光。喻出家人常向佛日故○根本律百一羯磨本云。有苾芻年八十歲滿六十夏。若於別解脫經。未曾讀誦。不了其義。此名老小苾芻（別解脫經。即戒本也。此㪯隅爾）。 > This is a Sanskrit word. It is the name of a grass in India that possesses five virtues, and is therefore used as a metaphor for one who has left the household life. Ancient masters said: The reason \*bixu\* is not translated is that it contains five meanings: First, its substance is soft and pliable, which is a metaphor for the renunciant's ability to subdue coarseness of body and speech. Second, its creeping vines spread out laterally, which is a metaphor for the renunciant's transmission of the Dharma to deliver people in an unbroken lineage. Third, its fragrance carries far, which is a metaphor for the virtue of the renunciant's precepts being fragrant and heard by the multitude. Fourth, it can heal pain, which is a metaphor for the renunciant's ability to sever the poison of afflictions. Fifth, it does not turn its back on the sunlight, which is a metaphor for the renunciant always facing the sun of the Buddha. The \*Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya-ekottarakarma\* says: "If there is a bhikṣu eighty years of age who has completed sixty rains retreats, yet has never recited the \*Prātimokṣa Sūtra\* and does not understand its meaning, this is called an 'old-child bhikṣu' (the \*Prātimokṣa Sūtra\* is the precept text; this is cited just as one example)." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.33) - [Next: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.35) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.34) · Pramāṇa