[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) › 71.54 # 法苑珠林 71.54 法苑珠林 71.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [71.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.54) 入道慚愧人　持鉢攝眾生 云何縱欲塵　沈沒於五情 已捨五欲樂　棄之而不顧 如何還欲得　如愚自食吐 諸欲求時苦　得時多悑畏 失時多熱惱　一切無樂處 諸患如是已　云何能捨之 得福禪定樂　則不為所欺 > The person entering the path with a sense of shame / Holds the bowl to guide sentient beings; / Why indulge in the dusts of desire / And sink down into the five feelings? / Having already abandoned the pleasure of the five desires / And cast it aside without looking back, / How can you wish to obtain it again, / Like a fool eating his own vomit? / When seeking the various desires, there is suffering; / When obtained, there is much fear and dread; / When lost, there is much burning anguish; / In none of them is there any place of joy. / Since the various perils are like this, / How can one abandon them? / By obtaining the merit and joy of meditative stabilization, / One will not be deceived by them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 71.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.53) - [Next: 71.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.55) - [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.71.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.90) — Classical Chinese - [修習止觀坐禪法要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.71.54) · Pramāṇa