[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) › 69.73 # 法苑珠林 69.73 法苑珠林 69.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [69.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.73) 福業如果熟　不以神祀得 人乘持戒車　後生至天上 定知如燈滅　得至於無為 一切由行得　求天何所為 > Meritorious karma is like the ripening of fruit; / it is not obtained through divine sacrifices. / A person rides the carriage of keeping the precepts, / and in a future birth reaches the heavens. / Decisively knowing that like the extinguishing of a lamp, / one can attain the unconditioned. / Everything is obtained through practice; / what is the use of praying to gods? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 69.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.72) - [Next: 69.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.74) - [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.69.73) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.45) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.69.73) · Pramāṇa