[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) › [禪林寶訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022) › 3.62 # 禪林寶訓 3.62 禪林寶訓 3.62 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.62) 音首座曰。古之聖人以無災為懼。乃曰。天豈棄不穀乎。范文子曰。惟聖人能內外無患。自非聖人外寧必內憂。古今賢達知其不能免。嘗謹其始為之自防。是故人生稍有憂勞。未必不為終身之福。蓋禍患謗辱雖堯舜不可逃。況其他乎（與妙喜書）。 > Head Seat Yin said: “The ancient sages took the absence of disasters as a cause for fear, and thus said, ‘Could Heaven have abandoned me, the unworthy?’ Fan Wenzi said, ‘Only a sage can be without troubles both internally and externally; unless one is a sage, tranquility outside inevitably brings distress within.’ The worthies and eminences of past and present knew that this could not be avoided, and always guarded their beginnings to defend themselves. Therefore, if in human life there is slight anxiety and toil, it may not necessarily fail to be a lifelong blessing. Disasters, misfortunes, slander, and humiliation could not be escaped even by Yao and Shun; how much less by others? (Letter to Miaoxi).” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.61) - [Next: 3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.63) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022~en-mt.3.62) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.3.62) · Pramāṇa