[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) › 23.16 # 法苑珠林 23.16 法苑珠林 23.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.16) 吾從無數劫　往來生死道 捨身復受身　不離胞胎法 計我所經歷　記一不說餘 純作白狗形　積骨億須彌 以利針地種　無不值我體 何況雜色狗　其數不可量 吾故攝其心　不貪道放逸 > "From countless kalpas past, / I have come and gone along the paths of birth and death, / Casting off bodies and again receiving bodies, / Never departing from the conditions of the womb. / Calculating what I have passed through, / Recording but one and omitting the rest: / Merely taking the form of a white dog, / My bones have piled up to equal a hundred million Sumerus. / If one were to plant sharp needles into the ground, / Not one would fail to strike my body. / How much more so for dogs of mixed colours, / Whose number is beyond measure! / Therefore I collect my mind, / Coveting not the path of heedlessness." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.15) - [Next: 23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.17) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.23.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.16) · Pramāṇa