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# 法苑珠林 43.25

法苑珠林 43.25

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.43.25)

我不恐畏死　志願求解脫  
所求不成果　是故我啼泣  
人身極難得　出家亦復然  
遇釋師子王　自今不重覩

> "I do not fear death; / My vow and wish were to seek liberation. / That what I sought has borne no fruit— / It is for this reason that I weep. / A human body is exceedingly difficult to obtain, / And renouncing the household life is just the same. / Having encountered the Lion King of the Śākyas, / From now on I shall not behold him again."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.43.25) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.604.65) — Classical Chinese

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