[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) › 20.16 # 法苑珠林 20.16 法苑珠林 20.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.20.16) 命如風中燈　不知滅時節 今日復明日　不覺死輕至 冥冥從業緣　不知生何道 > Life is like a lamp in the wind: > One knows not the season of its extinction. > Today, and again tomorrow, > Unaware, death swiftly arrives; > Darkly following karmic conditions, > One knows not into which destiny one will be born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.20.15) - [Next: 20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.20.17) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.20.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.20.16) · Pramāṇa