[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) › 1.40 # 釋氏要覽 1.40 釋氏要覽 1.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.40) 十住斷結經云。號導師者。令眾生類。示其正道故○華首經云。能為人說無生死道。故名導師○佛報恩經云。大導師者。以正路示涅槃經。使得無為常樂故○大法炬陀羅尼經云。以能不退菩提道。不斷絕菩提道。故名導師○商主天子所問經云。何名導師文殊答云。住是道已。能令眾生得成熟。故名導師。 > The \*Sūtra on the Ten Abodes and Severing Fetters\* says: "He is titled a guide because he causes the classes of sentient beings to be shown the correct path." The \*Kuśalamūlasaṃparigraha-sūtra\* says: "Because he can explain to people the path free from birth and death, he is named a guide." The \*Sūtra on the Buddha's Requital of Kindness\* says: "A great guide is one who shows the path of nirvāṇa with the correct road, enabling them to attain unconditioned, eternal bliss." The \*Mahādīpadhāraṇī-sūtra\* says: "Because he can avoid regressing from the bodhi path and never sever the bodhi path, he is named a guide." The \*Sūtra of the Inquiries of the Deva Merchant-Chief\* says: "'What is called a guide?' Mañjuśrī answered: 'Having abided on this path, being able to bring sentient beings to maturity; therefore he is named a guide.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.39) - [Next: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.41) - [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.1.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.40) · Pramāṇa