[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) › 23.33 # 法苑珠林 23.33 法苑珠林 23.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.33) 冬狐理豐毳　春蠶緒輕絲 形骸翻為阻　心識還自欺 齠齓歌鼓腹　平生少年時 驅車追俠客　酌酒弄妖姬 但念目前好　安知後世悲 惕然一以愧　永與情愛辭 願識真妄本　染淨自分離 羞慚滯五蓋　焉知同四依 > The winter fox grows abundant fine fur; / The spring silkworm draws out light silk. / The physical frame, on the contrary, becomes an obstruction; / The mental consciousness, in turn, deceives itself. / Losing one's baby teeth, one sings and drums one's belly; / Throughout one's youth and early days, / Driving a carriage, one chases knights-errant; / Pouring wine, one dallies with bewitching beauties. / Only thinking of the delights before one's eyes, / How could one know the sorrow of future lives? / Startled, once feeling shame, / One says farewell forever to passion and love. / Wishing to know the origin of the real and the false, / The defiled and the pure naturally separate. / Ashamed to be hindered by the five hindrances, / How can one know how to equal the four reliances? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.32) - [Next: 23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.34) - [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.23.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.33) · Pramāṇa