[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) › 56.48 # 法苑珠林 56.48 法苑珠林 56.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [56.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.48) 佛為三界尊　吾備在其中 欲除汝飢貧　是故從貧乞 若能減身口　分銖以為施 長夜得解脫　後生得豪富 > "The Buddha is the most revered in the three realms, / And I am counted among \[his disciples\]. / Desiring to remove your hunger and poverty, / I have therefore come to beg from the poor. / If you can take from your own mouth and body, / Giving even a tiny fraction as alms, / Through the long night you will attain liberation, / And in a future birth gain great wealth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 56.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.47) - [Next: 56.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.49) - [Up: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.56.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說摩訶迦葉度貧母經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.mahakasyapadaridravrddhavadana*zh-gunabhadra.1.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.56.48) · Pramāṇa