[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) › 70.38 # 法苑珠林 70.38 法苑珠林 70.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [70.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.38) 念人衰老時　百病同時嬰 水消而火起　刀風解其形 骨體筋脈離　大命要當傾 吾用畏是故　求道願不生 > I contemplate that when humans decline and age, / A hundred illnesses afflict them at once. / Water recedes and fire blazes up; / Knives and wind dismember their form. / Bones, sinews, and vessels separate; / Great life must inevitably collapse. / Because I feared this, / I sought the path and wished never to be born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 70.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.37) - [Next: 70.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.39) - [Up: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.70.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.82) — Classical Chinese - [佛說八師經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.astaguruutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.38) · Pramāṇa