[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) › 40.40 # 經律異相 40.40 經律異相 40.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.40.40) 命如華果熟　常恐會零落 已生皆有苦　孰能致不死 從初樂愛欲　可婬入脆景 受形命如電　晝夜流難止 是身為死物　精神無形法 作令死復生　罪福不敗止 終始非一世　從癡愛久長 自作受苦樂　身死神不喪 > "Life is like a flower or fruit that ripens, / always fearing that it will fall. / All that has been born has suffering; / who can attain deathlessness? / From the beginning delighted in lust and desire, / given over to sensual pleasures, entering this fragile scene, / receiving a form, life is like lightning, / flowing day and night, hard to halt. / This body is a mortal thing; / the conscious spirit is a formless phenomenon. / Actions cause one to die and be reborn again; / vices and blessings do not perish or cease. / The end and beginning span not merely a single life; / through delusion and craving it lasts long. / What one creates, one receives its suffering and joy; / though the body dies, the spirit does not perish." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.40.39) - [Next: 40.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.40.41) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.40) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.40.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.4.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.40.40) · Pramāṇa