[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) › 54.59 # 法苑珠林 54.59 法苑珠林 54.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [54.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.59) 王聞此偈恕偷果人罪。我為凡時尚見非法。況今成佛。汝諸弟子為下人說法。時偷果人者我身是也。 > 'The king, hearing this verse, pardoned the crime of the fruit-thief. Even when I was an ordinary mortal, I still saw what was contrary to the Dharma; how much more so now that I have become a Buddha? How can you, my disciples, expound the Dharma for an inferior person?' The fruit-thief of that time was myself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.58) - [Next: 54.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.60) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.54.59) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [善見律毘婆沙](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.samantapasadika*zh-senggabatuoluo.16.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.59) · Pramāṇa