[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) › 53.44 # 法苑珠林 53.44 法苑珠林 53.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [53.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.44) 自愛身者　慎護所守　希望欲解 學正不寐　身為第一　當自勉學 利乃誨人　不倦則智　學先自正 然後正人　調身入慧　必還為上 身不能利　安能利人　心調體正 何願不至　本我所造　後我自愛 為惡自更　如剛鑽珠 > One who cherishes one's own body / Should carefully protect what one guards; / Desiring and hoping for liberation, / One learns what is correct and does not sleep. / The body is primary; / One should encourage oneself to learn. / Once benefited, one may instruct others; / If unwearied, one is wise. / In learning, first rectify oneself, / And then rectify others. / Disciplining the body to enter wisdom, / One will surely return to being superior. / If one cannot benefit oneself, / How can one benefit others? / With the mind disciplined and the body upright, / What wish will not be attained? / Formerly made by myself, / Afterward I cherish myself; / Doing evil, one suffers it oneself, / Like a hard drill boring into a pearl. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 53.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.43) - [Next: 53.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.45) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.53.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.3.16) — Classical Chinese - [法句經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-weiqinan.1.78) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.44) · Pramāṇa