[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) › [佛說佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441) › 23.18 # 佛說佛名經 23.18 佛說佛名經 23.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.18) 羅剎答曰：「此諸沙門受佛禁戒不護將來，名言我是於大乘法師亦如冥夜，各自說言我得佛法深解佛義，便為人說。將徒引眾遊於人間，或受國王信施供養，內心吾我亦如山海。猶如枯木但有其皮，中心腐爛無所任用；此諸沙門亦復如是。以此因緣，墮此地獄，從地獄出若生人中，聾盲瘖瘂不聞正法。」 > The rākṣasa replied, "These śramaṇas received the Buddha's precepts but did not guard future \[rebirths\]. In name they claimed, 'I am a Dharma master of the Mahāyāna,' yet they were as dark night. Each claimed, 'I have attained the Buddha's Dharma and deeply comprehend the Buddha's meaning,' and then preached it to others. Leading disciples and guiding crowds, they wandered throughout the human world, or accepted the faithful offerings of kings, while inwardly their self-conceit was like mountains and oceans. Just like withered trees that retain only their bark while the core is rotten and useless, so too are these śramaṇas. Due to these causes and conditions, they fell into this hell; when they emerge from this hell, if born among humans, they will be deaf, blind, mute, and unable to hear the true Dharma." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.17) - [Next: 23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.19) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441~en-mt.23.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.2.68) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.18) · Pramāṇa