[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) › 31.8 # 法苑珠林 31.8 法苑珠林 31.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.8) 又智度論云。菩薩思惟觀空無常相故。雖有妙好五欲不生諸結。譬如國王有一大臣。自覆藏罪人所不知。王言。取無脂肥羊來。汝若不得者當與汝罪。大臣有智。繫一大羊以草穀好養。日三以狼而畏悑之。羊雖得養肥而無脂。牽羊與王。王遣人殺之肥而無脂。王問。云何得爾。答以上事。菩薩亦如是。見無常苦空狼令諸結脂消諸功德肉肥。 > Also, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra states: Because a bodhisattva contemplates and observes the marks of emptiness and impermanence, even though there are fine and wonderful five desires, defilements do not arise. For example, a king had a minister who concealed a fault of his own that people did not know. The king said: 'Bring me a fat sheep without tallow. If you cannot obtain one, I shall punish you for your crime.' The minister was wise: he tied up a large sheep, fed it well with grass and grain, and three times a day terrified it with a wolf. Although the sheep was well-fed, it became fat without tallow. He led the sheep and presented it to the king. The king sent someone to slaughter it, and it was indeed fat without tallow. The king asked: 'How could this be?' The minister answered with the above matter. A bodhisattva is also like this: seeing the wolf of impermanence, suffering, and emptiness, he causes the tallow of defilements to melt away and the flesh of all meritorious virtues to grow fat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.7) - [Next: 31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.9) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.31.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.8) · Pramāṇa