[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) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 2.166 # 注維摩詰經 2.166 注維摩詰經 2.166 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.166) 什曰：此明無常所壞，所以苦也。自此以下盡說苦喻也。為災病苦也。丘井以下，總喻生老病死眾苦無量也。肇曰：雖復澡以香湯、衣以上服，苟曰非真，豈得久立？ > \[Kumāra\]jīva says: This clarifies that it is destroyed by impermanence, and is therefore suffering. From here down, he fully expounds the similes for suffering. Being a calamity is the suffering of illness. From the mound well downward, it broadly illustrates the immeasurable myriad sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, and death. \[Seng\]zhao says: Though bathed with fragrant waters and clothed in fine garments, if it is genuinely unreal, how could it endure for long? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.165) - [Next: 2.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.167) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.2.166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.166) · Pramāṇa