[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 12.29 # 高僧傳 12.29 高僧傳 12.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.29) 夫三毒四倒，乃生死之根栽；七覺八道，實涅槃之要路。豈必燔炙形骸，然後離苦。若其位隣得忍，俯迹同凡，或時為物捨身，此非言論所及。至如凡夫之徒，鑒察無廣，竟不知盡壽行道，何如棄捨身命。或欲邀譽一時，或欲流名萬代。及臨火就薪，悔怖交切。彰言既廣，恥奪其操。於是僶俛從事，空嬰萬苦，若然，非所謂也。 > The three poisons and four inversions are the roots of saṃsāra; the seven factors of awakening and the eightfold path are the vital roads to nirvāṇa. Why must one roast and burn the bodily husk before being freed from suffering? If one's stage borders on the attainment of patience (kṣānti) and one lowers one's traces to mingle with the common, or at times relinquishes the body for living beings, this is beyond the reach of verbal debate. But as for ordinary people whose discernment is not broad, they never know how practicing the Way for the entirety of their lives compares to casting away body and life. Some wish to seek temporary acclaim; some wish to let their names flow for myriad generations. When they face the fire and approach the firewood, regret and terror press upon them simultaneously. Yet because their declared words have spread wide, they are ashamed to compromise their resolution. Thereupon they reluctantly carry on with the act, vainly suffering myriad torments. If this is the case, it is not what was intended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.28) - [Next: 12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.30) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.12.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.29) · Pramāṇa