[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) › 52.13 # 法苑珠林 52.13 法苑珠林 52.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [52.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.13) 又大法炬經云。佛言。一切眾生皆悉隨其形類而置名字。如鳥雀等。而彼餓鬼眾生之中。無有決定差別名字。勿謂天定天也。人定人也。餓鬼定餓鬼也。如一事上有種種名。如一人上有種種名。如一天乃至餓鬼畜生有種種名。亦復如是。亦有多餓鬼全無名字。於一彈指頃轉變身體作種種形。云何可得呼其名也。彼中惡業因緣未盡故。於一念中種種變身。 > Furthermore, the Mahāpradīpa Sūtra states: The Buddha said, “All sentient beings are assigned names according to their forms and kinds, such as birds and sparrows. But among hungry ghost sentient beings, there are no fixed, distinct names. Do not say that devas are permanently devas, humans are permanently humans, or hungry ghosts are permanently hungry ghosts. Just as on one entity there are various names, just as on one person there are various names, and just as on a single deva down to a hungry ghost or animal there are various names, so it is here. There are also many hungry ghosts who have no names at all; in the snap of a finger they transform their bodies and assume various shapes. How could one call them by name? Because their karmic causes and conditions of evil deeds have not ended, in a single thought-moment they transform their bodies in diverse ways.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 52.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.12) - [Next: 52.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.14) - [Up: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.52.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.13) · Pramāṇa