法苑珠林 23.17

23.17

又提謂經云。如有一人在須彌山上以纖縷下之。一人在下持針迎之。中有旋嵐猛風。吹縷難入針孔。人身難得甚過於是。又菩薩處胎經。世尊說偈云。

Furthermore, the *Tiwei jing* states: Suppose a person stands atop Mount Sumeru and lowers a fine thread, while another person below holds a needle to meet it; in between blows a violent gale of whirlwind, tossing the thread so that it is hard to enter the eye of the needle. The difficulty of obtaining a human body exceeds even this. Furthermore, in the *Bodhisattva Garbhastha Sūtra*, the World-Honoured One spoke in verse: