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# 經律異相 34.16

經律異相 34.16

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.34.16)

譬如一身居　人去舍毀傾  
神遊而身棄　莫能制其形  
癡貪謂可保　安知後當亡

> "Like dwelling alone in a single house, / when the person departs, the house collapses and falls. / The spirit wanders and the body is cast away, / none being able to control its form. / Deluded and greedy, they think it can be preserved; / how do they know it must later perish?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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