[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) › 71.44 # 法苑珠林 71.44 法苑珠林 71.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [71.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.44) 如智度論云。行者當訶五欲云。哀哉眾生。常為五欲所惱。而求之不已。將墜大坑。得之轉劇。如火炙疥。五欲無益。如狗齩骨。五欲增爭。如鳥競肉。五欲燒人。如逆風執炬。五欲害人。如踐惡蛇。五欲無實。如夢所得。五欲不久。如假借須臾。世人愚惑貪著五欲。至死不捨。為之後世受無量苦。此之五欲得時須臾樂。失時為大苦。如蜜塗刀舐者貪甜不知傷舌。其五欲者。名為色聲香味觸。此之五事禪家正障。若欲修定皆應棄之。 > As the \*Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra\* states: A practitioner should reprimand the five desires, saying: 'How pitiable are sentient beings! Constantly afflicted by the five desires, they pursue them without ceasing and will fall into a great pit. Obtaining them only worsens \[their plight\], like applying fire to an itch. The five desires bring no benefit, like a dog gnawing on a bone. The five desires increase contention, like birds fighting over meat. The five desires burn a person, like carrying a torch against the wind. The five desires harm a person, like treading upon a vicious snake. The five desires have no reality, like what is gained in a dream. The five desires do not last, like something borrowed for a mere moment. People of the world are foolishly deluded and greedily attached to the five desires, refusing to cast them off until death, and because of this they suffer limitless pain in future lives. When one gains these five desires, there is momentary pleasure; when one loses them, there is great suffering. It is like licking a honey-smeared blade: one hungers for the sweetness and does not realise the tongue will be wounded.' These five desires are called sights, sounds, scents, tastes, and tangibles. These five items are direct hindrances to the meditator; if one wishes to cultivate meditative absorption, one must abandon all of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 71.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.43) - [Next: 71.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.45) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.71.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.17.23) — Classical Chinese - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.84) — Classical Chinese - [修習止觀坐禪法要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.44) · Pramāṇa