法苑珠林 52.11

52.11

十方世界中　生者無不死
生死往來道　唯法能除滅
無有十方剎　命終能濟者
唯佛能除斷　是故歸命佛
若人作不善　好行十惡者
心常懷憍慢　不敬於三寶
不能淨持戒　懈怠不精進
如是諸人等　皆名之為死
無常計有常　不淨計有淨
實苦而言樂　無我計有我
眾生生死中　深著於倒見
千萬億劫中　不知生死本
若有人能解　真實大法者
能知此非常　最為大苦本
若人見垢濁　斷除三毒本
必能得成就　無上之大法

“In the worlds of the ten directions, / none who are born do not die. / On the road of coming and going in saṃsāra, / only the Dharma can extinguish it. / There is no land in the ten directions / that can rescue one when life ends; / only the Buddha can sever and eliminate it, / therefore take refuge in the Buddha. / If a person does what is unwholesome / and delights in practicing the ten unwholesome deeds, / whose mind constantly harbors arrogance / and does not respect the Three Jewels, / who cannot keep the precepts purely / and is indolent and not vigorous— / all such persons / are called the dead. / Regarding the impermanent as permanent, / regarding the impure as pure, / speaking of real suffering as pleasure, / regarding non-self as self— / sentient beings in saṃsāra / are deeply attached to inverted views; / throughout thousands of myriads of koṭis of kalpas, / they know not the root of saṃsāra. / If there is a person who can understand / the true and great Dharma, / he can know that this impermanence / is the foremost root of great suffering. / If a person sees defilements / and severs the root of the three poisons, / he will surely be able to attain / the supreme, great Dharma.”