[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) › 23.25 # 法苑珠林 23.25 法苑珠林 23.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.25) 故知。人身難遇易失。以易失故不須生著。當知人身念念近死。如牽猪羊詣於屠所。故涅槃經云。觀是壽命。常為無量怨讎所繞。念念損減無有增長。猶如暴水不得停住。亦如朝露勢不久停。如囚趣市步步近死。又摩耶經偈云。 > Therefore we know: a human body is difficult to meet and easy to lose. Because it is easily lost, one must not give rise to attachment. One should know that the human body approaches death with every thought-moment, like pigs and sheep being led to the slaughterhouse. Hence the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* states: Contemplate this lifespan: it is constantly surrounded by immeasurable enemies, diminishing at every thought-moment without any increase, just like a torrential flood that cannot be halted, or like morning dew whose persistence does not last long, or like a prisoner headed for the execution ground, drawing nearer to death with every step. Furthermore, verses in the \*Māyā Sūtra\* state: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.24) - [Next: 23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.26) - [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.23.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.43.5.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.25) · Pramāṇa