[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) › 48.55 # 法苑珠林 48.55 法苑珠林 48.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.55) 人壽百歲　慳貪逾盛　不如一日 割捨財色　人壽百歲　樂不持戒 不如一日　淨心守戒　人壽百歲 多忿不忍　不如一日　含喜不瞋 人壽百歲　怠惰不勤　不如一日 策勵身心　人壽百歲　情欣放逸 不如一日　歸心空寂　人壽百歲 昏暗識心　不如一日　洞寤無明 人壽百歲　拙御身心　不如一日 巧便運致　人壽百歲　常懷怯弱 不如一日　勇猛慧力　人壽百歲 不起善願　不如一日　發行四弘 人壽百歲　不生一智　不如一日 慧性聰利 > A person might live a hundred years, / Their stinginess and greed growing ever fiercer; / This is not as good as a single day / Relinquishing wealth and sensual desires. / A person might live a hundred years, / Delighting in not upholding the precepts; / This is not as good as a single day / Purifying the mind and observing the precepts. / A person might live a hundred years, / Full of anger and incapable of patience; / This is not as good as a single day / Harboring joy and free of wrath. / A person might live a hundred years, / Indolent and lacking diligence; / This is not as good as a single day / Exerting body and mind. / A person might live a hundred years, / Their emotions delighting in heedlessness; / This is not as good as a single day / Directing the mind to emptiness and stillness. / A person might live a hundred years, / With a dark and confounded consciousness; / This is not as good as a single day / Thoroughly awakening from ignorance. / A person might live a hundred years, / Clumsily steering body and mind; / This is not as good as a single day / Utilizing skillful means. / A person might live a hundred years, / Constantly harboring timidity and weakness; / This is not as good as a single day / With courageous strength of wisdom. / A person might live a hundred years, / Never giving rise to good vows; / This is not as good as a single day / Generating the practice of the four great vows. / A person might live a hundred years, / Without producing a single wisdom; / This is not as good as a single day / Where the nature of wisdom is keen and bright. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.54) - [Next: 48.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.56) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.48.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.57) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.55) · Pramāṇa