[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) › 16.23 # 法苑珠林 16.23 法苑珠林 16.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.23) 寧受一切苦　得聞佛音聲 不受一切樂　而不聞佛名 所以無量劫　受此諸苦惱 流轉生死中　不聞佛名故 > "I would rather endure all sufferings / and get to hear the Buddha's voice, / than receive all pleasures / and not hear the Buddha's name. / The reason that for immeasurable kalpas / one endures all these sufferings and afflictions, / drifting in birth and death, / is because one did not hear the Buddha's name." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.22) - [Next: 16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.24) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.16.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [樂邦文類](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.4.146) — Classical Chinese - [念佛三昧寶王論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.2.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.23) · Pramāṇa