[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) › 46.14 # 法苑珠林 46.14 法苑珠林 46.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.14) 寧以利刀自割身　肢節身分肌膚肉 所有信心捨施物　俗人食者實為難 寧吞大赤熱鐵丸　而使口中光焰出 所有眾僧飲食具　不應於外私自用 寧以大火若須彌　以手捉持而自食 其有在家諸俗人　不應輒食施僧食 寧以利刀自屠膾　身體皮膜而自噉 其有在家諸俗人　不應受取僧雜食 寧以自身投於彼　滿室大火猛焰中 其有在家俗人輩　不應坐臥僧床席 寧以大熱尖鐵錐　拳手握持便燋爛 其有在家俗人等　不應私用於僧物 寧以勝利好刀碪　而自臠切其身肉 勿於出家清淨人　發起一念瞋恚心 寧以自手挑兩眼　捐棄投之擲於地 其有習行善法者　不應懷忿瞋心視 寧以熱鐵鍱其身　東西起動行坐臥 不應瞋忿心妬嫉　而著眾僧淨施衣 寧飲灰汁鹹鹵水　熱沸爍口猶如火 不應懷貪毒惡心　服食眾僧淨施藥 > Better that one should cut one’s own body with a sharp knife, > Severing the limbs, parts of the body, flesh, and skin; > For whatever is given by faith as an offering, > It is truly difficult for laypeople to consume. > Better to swallow a great, red, hot iron pellet, > Causing bright flames to shoot out from the mouth; > Whatever eating utensils belong to the Saṃgha, > Should not be privately used outside. > Better to hold in one’s hand and consume oneself > A great fire equal in size to Mount Sumeru; > Those who are householders and laypeople > Should not casually eat food offered to the Saṃgha. > Better to butcher and mince oneself with a sharp knife, > Consuming the skin and membrane of one’s own body; > Those who are householders and laypeople > Should not receive or take miscellaneous food of the Saṃgha. > Better to throw one’s own body into that room > Full of great fire and fierce blazing flames; > Those who are householders and laypeople > Should not sit or lie on the beds and mats of the Saṃgha. > Better to hold in one’s fist a scorching hot, sharp iron awl, > Letting one’s hand become scorched and rotten; > Those who are householders and laypeople > Should not privately use the belongings of the Saṃgha. > Better to use an exceedingly sharp, fine butcher's block > To slice and mince the flesh of one’s own body, > Than to arouse a single thought of anger > Toward a pure person who has gone forth. > Better to gouge out both of one’s own eyes with one’s own hands, > Cast them away, and fling them to the ground, > Than to look with a resentful and angry mind > Upon those who practice wholesome dharmas. > Better to wrap one’s body in hot iron sheets > Moving about, walking, sitting, or lying down, > Than to wear the pure robes offered to the Saṃgha > With a mind of anger, wrath, and jealousy. > Better to drink lye and saline brine > Boiling hot and scorching the mouth like fire, > Than to consume the pure medicine offered to the Saṃgha > Harbouring a mind of greed and virulent evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.13) - [Next: 46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.15) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.46.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方等大集經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.mahavaipulyamahasannipatasutra*zh-dharmaksema.44.67) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.46.14) · Pramāṇa