[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 10.5 # 法苑珠林 10.5 法苑珠林 10.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.5) 夫法身無形隨應而現。機緣萬途故化迹非一。或離欲而受道。或處染而現權。若不示其納妃。凡識謗非人種。雖示五欲之境。不改一心之志。故歷王城之四門。衰老病死之八苦。乃自嗟曰。人生若此。在世何堪。脫屣尋真其於斯矣。故維摩經曰。先以欲拘牽後。令入佛道也。 > Now, the dharmakāya has no form, but manifests in response to conditions; the capacities and conditions are of ten thousand kinds, and so the traces of transformation are not of a single sort. Some abandon desire to receive the Way; some abide in defilement to display expedient means. If he did not display taking a consort, common understanding would slander him as not being of human stock. Although he displayed the realm of the five desires, he did not alter the determination of his single mind. Thus, he passed through the four gates of the royal city and witnessed the eight sufferings of old age, illness, and death. Thereupon he sighed to himself: "If human life is like this, how can one endure staying in the world? Casting off one's sandals to seek the truth—surely it lies in this!" Hence the \*Vimalakīrti-sūtra\* says: "First ensnaring them with desire, later causing them to enter the Buddha Way." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.4) - [Next: 10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.6) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.10.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.5) · Pramāṇa