[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) › 55.86 # 法苑珠林 55.86 法苑珠林 55.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [55.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.86) 願採優曇華　願燒旃檀香 供養千佛身　稽首禮定光 佛生何以晚　泥洹一何早 不見釋迦文　心中常懊惱 > "I vow to pluck the udumbara flower, / I vow to burn sandalwood incense, / To make offerings to the bodies of a thousand Buddhas, / And bow my head to worship Dīpaṃkara. / Why was the Buddha born so late? / Why did he enter nirvāṇa so early? / Not seeing Śākyamuni, / my heart is ever grieved." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 55.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.85) - [Next: 55.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.87) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.55.86) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.8) — Classical Chinese - [折疑論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.4.155) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.86) · Pramāṇa