[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) › 30.12 # 法苑珠林 30.12 法苑珠林 30.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.30.12) 有真善剎利　供養於正法 三乘得熾盛　當獲功德海 具足七寶等　遍滿閻浮提 持用施諸佛　其福猶有限 乃至四天下　造僧房供養 彼雖得大福　不如護正法 假使為諸佛　滿中造塔廟 彼雖得大福　不如護正法 譬如五日出　能竭於大海 若護我法者　則竭煩惱結 譬如風災起　悉摧一切山 若護正法者　亦滅諸煩惱 譬如水災起　漂蕩壞大地 若護正法者　亦消諸煩惱 > There are true and good kṣatriyas > Who make offerings to the saddharma; > The three vehicles flourish thereby, > And they will obtain an ocean of merit. > Even if with the seven treasures and the like, > Filling the entirety of Jambudvīpa, > One offers them to all Buddhas, > That merit still has a limit. > Even if across the four continents > One builds monasteries and makes offerings, > Though one gains great merit thereby, > It is not as good as protecting the saddharma. > Even if for all Buddhas > One builds stūpas filling the world, > Though one gains great merit thereby, > It is not as good as protecting the saddharma. > Just as the rising of five suns > Can dry up the great ocean, > If one protects my Dharma, > It dries up the fetters of affliction. > Just as when the wind calamity arises, > It utterly shatters all mountains, > If one protects the saddharma, > It also destroys all afflictions. > Just as when the flood calamity arises, > It sweeps away and destroys the great earth, > If one protects the saddharma, > It also dissolves all afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.30.11) - [Next: 30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.30.13) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.30.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方廣十輪經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.dasacakraksitigarbhasutra*zh-t410.4.80) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.30.12) · Pramāṇa