[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) › 26.5 # 法苑珠林 26.5 法苑珠林 26.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.5) 夫業行參差。宿緣之途非一。壽命修短。明昧之理無常。良由業因善惡。致使報有冥爽。或有憶識多劫。或有緣念累代。或有但記一生。或有唯知現在。所以凡聖殊隔宿命延促。雖復託神感聖。習氣尚存。除惑見理。戲心猶在。自非位登十地行滿三祇。奚能永斷習因感茲勝報也。 > Now, karmic conduct varies, and the pathways of past conditions are not singular. Lifespans may be long or short, and the principle of clarity or dimness is impermanent. Truly, because karmic causes are wholesome or unwholesome, their retributions entail clarity or obscurity. Some remember many kalpas; some recall multiple generations; some record only a single lifetime; and some know only the present. Therefore, ordinary persons and sages are distinct and separate, and knowledge of past lives may be long or short. Even if one entrusts one's spirit and resonates with the sages, latent tendencies still remain; though one dispels delusion and sees the principle, the playful mind is still present. Unless one's stage reaches the ten grounds and one's practice fulfills three asamphyeya kalpas, how could one permanently sever the causes of latent tendencies and realize this superior retribution? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.4) - [Next: 26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.6) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.26.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.5) · Pramāṇa