法苑珠林 69.39

69.39

其人身中。因風起病。有百一種。寒熱共合各有百一。凡合計之四百四病。在人身中。如木生火還自燒然。病亦如是。如木因體興反來危人。如身中蟲擾動不安。三十六物。假名為人。以為蓋之誑惑凡愚。妄起愛念共相親附。智者視虛安可近之。譬如陶器終有破壞。此身虛偽會有夭壽。貴賤同迷至死不知。譬如大城四門失火從次燒之。乃到東門皆令灰燼。生老病死亦復如是。

Within a person's body, there are one hundred and one diseases arising from wind; cold and heat together each have one hundred and one; totaling four hundred and four diseases within the human body. Just as wood produces fire which turns back and burns itself, diseases are also like this. Just as wood, by virtue of its form, brings forth that which returns to endanger a person, so too do the worms within the body agitate and cause unrest. Thirty-six substances are provisionally named 'a person,' serving as a cover that deludes and deceives ordinary fools, who falsely give rise to affectionate attachments and cling to one another. The wise perceive it as empty; how could they draw near to it? For instance, like a ceramic vessel that must ultimately shatter, this body is false and deceptive, bound to meet an early death. Noble and lowly are equally deluded, remaining ignorant until death. Just as when fire breaks out at the four gates of a great city, burning them one after another until reaching the eastern gate, reducing everything to ashes, so it is likewise with birth, aging, sickness, and death.