[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) › 69.59 # 法苑珠林 69.59 法苑珠林 69.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [69.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.59) 三謂欲求長壽。在世無極。得免于病死。命既甚短。懷萬歲慮。壽少憂多。不察非常。五欲自恣。放心逸意。殺盜婬亂。兩舌惡口。妄言綺語。貪嫉邪見。不孝父母。不順師友。輕易尊長。反逆無道。悕望豪富。謂可永存。譏謗聖道。以邪無雙。噓天獨步。慕于世榮。不識天地表裏所由。不別四大因緣合成。猶如幻師。不了古今所興之世。不受化導。不知生所從來死之所歸。心存天地。謂是吾許。非常對至。如風吹雲。冀念長生。命忽然終。不得自在。欲使不爾。終不可得也。 > Third: wishing to seek long life, remaining in the world without end, and escaping sickness and death; though life is extremely short, harboring worries for ten thousand years; with few years of life but manifold anxieties, failing to examine impermanence, indulging freely in the five desires, letting one's mind run wild; killing, stealing, debauchery, engaging in divisive speech, harsh speech, lying, and frivolous talk, having greed, jealousy, and wrong views, being unfilial to parents, disobeying teachers and friends, slighting elders, and rebelling against morality; aspiring to vast wealth, believing it can last forever, slandering the sacred path, unmatched in evil, sighing toward heaven and striding alone, longing for worldly glory, not understanding the causes and conditions of the world inside and out, not discerning the combination of causes and conditions of the four great elements, like a magician; failing to comprehend the generations that have arisen in ancient and modern times, refusing to accept conversion and guidance, not knowing whence life comes nor where death returns, setting one's mind on heaven and earth and believing them to be one's own domain—yet when the retribution of impermanence arrives, like wind blowing away clouds, while still hoping and thinking of long life, life suddenly ends without being able to master it: wishing this not to be so is utterly unattainable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 69.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.58) - [Next: 69.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.60) - [Up: 69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.69.59) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.33) — Classical Chinese - [佛說四不可得經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.caturalabhyasutra*zh-dharmaraksa.1.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.59) · Pramāṇa