[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) › 34.5 # 法苑珠林 34.5 法苑珠林 34.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.5) 惟夫凡情難禁。譬等山猨常隨外境。類同狂象。三業鼓動。緣搆茲彰。故佛立教令常制馭。故經云。當為心師不師於心。身口意業不與惡交。身戒心慧不動如山。又經云。制之一處無事不辨。然心性惑倒我見為先。煩惑難攝亂使常行。於一切時高舉頗屈。自非託處寂靜摧伏三毒。身不游行口默緘言。少睡多覺常坐省食。思量正法知非有無。直身正意繫念在前。如斯等教。是名攝念也。 > Consider that ordinary passions are difficult to curb: they are like mountain apes that constantly follow external sense-objects, and resemble wild elephants. The three modes of karma are agitated, and through conditioned causes they manifest all the more. Therefore the Buddha established teachings to have them constantly reined in and controlled. Thus a sūtra says: 'One should be the master of the mind, not mastered by the mind. Let the karma of body, speech, and mind not consort with evil. Let bodily precepts and mental wisdom be as unmoving as a mountain.' Another sūtra says: 'Curb it in one place, and there is nothing that cannot be accomplished.' However, the nature of the mind is deluded and perverted, with self-view foremost; vexations and delusions are hard to rein in, and disturbing impulses constantly operate. At all times it is haughty or overly submissive. Unless one takes refuge in quietude to crush and subdue the three poisons, not wandering about with the body, keeping the mouth silent and closed, sleeping little and staying awake much, constantly sitting and reducing food, contemplating the correct Dharma, knowing that it is neither existent nor non-existent, straightening the body, rectifying the mind, and binding mindfulness before oneself—such teachings as these are termed 'restraining thoughts.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.4) - [Next: 34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.6) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.34.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3.67) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.5) · Pramāṇa