[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) › [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794) › 1.91 # 註四十二章經 1.91 註四十二章經 1.91 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.91) 質曰：「彼福不當減乎？」佛言：「猶如炬火，數千百人各以炬來取其火去，熟食除冥。彼火如故，福亦如之。」 > Someone asked: 'Would that person's merit not be diminished?' The Buddha said: 'It is like the flame of a torch: several hundreds or thousands of people each bring a torch to take its fire away to cook food and dispel darkness. That \[original\] fire remains as it was, and merit is also like this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.90) - [Next: 1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.92) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794~en-mt.1.91) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.14) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་དུམ་བུ་ཞེ་གཉིས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.359a.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.91) · Pramāṇa