[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) › 24.7 # 法苑珠林 24.7 法苑珠林 24.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.7) 又涅槃經云。若有受持讀誦書寫宣說。非時非國不請而說。輕心輕他自歎隨處而說。反滅佛法。乃至令無量人死墮地獄。則是眾生惡知識也。 > Furthermore, the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* states: If anyone upholds, recites, copies, or expounds \[it\] at an improper time, in an improper country, or preaches without being requested, or preaches anywhere with a contemptuous mind, despising others and praising himself, he contrarily extinguishes the Buddha-Dharma, even causing immeasurable numbers of people to die and fall into hell; such a person is an evil companion to sentient beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.6) - [Next: 24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.8) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.24.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.24.7) · Pramāṇa