[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) › [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784) › 1.21 # 四十二章經 1.21 四十二章經 1.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.21) 佛言：「夫為道者，譬如持炬火入冥室中，其冥即滅而明猶在，學道見諦，愚癡都滅，得無不見。」 > The Buddha said: "One who practices the Way is like one holding a torch and entering a dark room: the darkness is immediately extinguished while the light remains. Studying the Way and seeing the truths, folly is entirely destroyed, and there is nothing one does not see." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.20) - [Next: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.22) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.21) · Pramāṇa