[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) › 63.31 # 法苑珠林 63.31 法苑珠林 63.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.31) 又涅槃經云。譬如大海有八不可思議。何等為八。一者漸漸轉深。二者深難得底。三者同一鹹味。四者潮不過限。五者有種種寶藏。六者大身眾生在中居住。七者不宿死屍。八者一切萬流大雨投之不增不減。 > Furthermore, the \*Nirvāṇa-sūtra\* states: It is like the great ocean, which has eight inconceivable qualities. What are the eight? First, it gradually deepens; second, it is deep and difficult to reach the bottom; third, it has the single taste of salt; fourth, its tides do not exceed their limit; fifth, it contains various treasure troves; sixth, beings of great body dwell within it; seventh, it does not harbor dead corpses; eighth, all the myriad streams and great rains poured into it neither increase nor decrease it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.30) - [Next: 63.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.32) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.63.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.31) · Pramāṇa