[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) › 5.17 # 法苑珠林 5.17 法苑珠林 5.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.17) 如蜜和毒藥　是則不可食 天樂亦如是　退沒時大苦 業盡懷憂惱　捨離諸天女 退時大苦惱　不可得譬喻 善業欲盡時　如燈焰欲滅 不知何所趣　心生大苦惱 天上欲退時　心生大苦惱 地獄眾苦毒　十六不及一 一切諸焰輪　愛力之所作 愛鎖縛眾生　至諸險惡道 三界如轉輪　業繫輪不斷 是故捨愛欲　離欲得涅槃 > Like poison mixed with honey, / It must not be eaten; / Heavenly pleasure is also like this: / Great suffering when falling away. / When karma is exhausted, one harbors sorrow and anguish, / Parting from all the heavenly maidens; / Great suffering and anguish at the time of falling away / Cannot be compared. / When good karma is about to end, / Like the flame of a lamp about to go out, / Not knowing where one will go, / The mind gives rise to great suffering and anguish. / When about to fall from heaven, / The mind gives rise to great suffering and anguish; / All the bitter torments of hell / Are not even one-sixteenth of it. / All the wheels of flame / Are made by the power of craving; / The chains of craving bind sentient beings, / Leading them to the perilous bad paths. / The three realms are like a turning wheel; / The wheel of karmic bonds never ceases. / Therefore abandon craving and desire; / Free from desire, one attains nirvāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.16) - [Next: 5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.18) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.5.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.17) · Pramāṇa