[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) › 12.63 # 法苑珠林 12.63 法苑珠林 12.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.63) 無常力甚大　愚智貧富貴 得道及未得　一切無能免 非巧言妙寶　非欺誑力諍 如火燒萬物　無常死法爾 > "The power of impermanence is exceedingly great: / The foolish and the wise, the poor, the rich, and the noble, / Those who have attained the path and those who have not, / None whatsoever are able to escape. / It is not averted by artful words or wondrous treasures, / Nor by deceit, force, or contention; / Just as fire consumes the ten thousand things, / The impermanent law of death is simply so." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.62) - [Next: 12.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.64) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.12.63) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.65) — Classical Chinese - [出三藏記集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.1.22) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.63) · Pramāṇa