[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 18.56 # 經律異相 18.56 經律異相 18.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.56) 我昔為寵子　不識仁義方 驕貴自放恣　時為大國王 自謂無罪福　以此可保常 唐悟生死對　於今受其殃 從罪復蒙祐　得覩天中天 解脫既往罪　垂命入法門 永離慳貪心　長受智慧根 世世不遠佛　保持萬劫存（出貧窮老公經卷） > "In the past I was a favored child, / knowing not the ways of benevolence and righteousness. / Arrogant and noble, I indulged myself, / becoming then a great king. / Thinking there was neither sin nor merit, / that with this I could secure permanence, / I only now realize the retribution of birth and death, / and suffer its calamity today. / From sin I again receive protection, / and am able to behold the God among Gods. / Delivered from past transgressions, / with life nearly spent, I enter the Dharma gate. / Forever free from a stingy and greedy mind, / I shall long receive the roots of wisdom. / Life after life, never far from the Buddha, / preserved and enduring for ten thousand kalpas." > (Extracted from the Destitute Old Man Sūtra, single scroll) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.55) - [Next: 18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.57) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.18.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.56) · Pramāṇa