[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 3.19 # 廣弘明集 3.19 廣弘明集 3.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.19) 釋五曰。形體雖死精神猶存。人生在世。望於後身。似不連屬。及其歿後則與前身猶老少朝夕耳。世有魂神示見夢想。或降僮妾。或感妻孥。求索飲食徵須福祐。亦為不少矣。今人貧賤疾苦。莫不怨尤。前世不修功德。以此而論可不為之作地乎。夫有子孫自是天地間一蒼生耳。何預身事而乃愛護遺以基趾。況於己之神爽頓欲棄之乎。故兩疎得其一隅。累代詠而彌光矣。 > The fifth explanation states: Although the physical body dies, the consciousness still endures. When a person lives in the world, looking toward a future body, it seems unconnected; but after death, it is related to the previous body just like old age and youth, or morning and evening. In the world there are spirits that manifest in dreams, or descend upon male and female servants, or affect wives and children, seeking food and drink or demanding blessings; instances of this are by no means few. When people today suffer poverty, lowliness, illness, and hardship, none fail to complain and resent; yet in previous lives they did not cultivate merit. Discussing it in this way, how can one not lay the groundwork for it? Having children and grandchildren is naturally just having another living being between heaven and earth; what does it have to do with oneself that one loves and protects them, leaving them an estate and foundation? How much more so should one not suddenly cast aside one's own spiritual soul? Therefore, the two Shus grasped one aspect of this, and for successive generations their praise has shone ever brighter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.18) - [Next: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.20) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.3.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.3.19) · Pramāṇa