[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) › 75.15 # 法苑珠林 75.15 法苑珠林 75.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [75.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.15) 貪欲實苦　凡夫顛倒　妄生樂想 智者見苦　見苦則斷　受欲無厭 如飲鹹水　轉增其渴　以增渴故 何得有樂　譬如狗齩　血塗枯骨 增涎唾合　想謂有美　貪欲亦爾 於無味中　邪倒力故　謂為受味 故知色欲　苦實樂虛　要無貪求 方名真樂 > Greedy desire is truly painful; / Ordinary people, inverted and confused, / Falsely give rise to notions of pleasure. / The wise see the suffering: / Seeing the suffering, they sever it. / Experiencing desire without satiation / Is like drinking salt water: / It only increases one's thirst; / Because it increases thirst, / How could there be any pleasure? / Just like a dog chewing / On a dry bone smeared with blood: / Saliva gathers and combines, / And it imagines there is delicious flavor; / Greedy desire is also like this: / Within what is flavorless, / By the power of perverse delusion, / One deems it the experience of flavor. / Therefore know that sensual desire / Is truly painful, its pleasure empty; / Only when there is no greedy seeking / Can it be called true joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 75.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.14) - [Next: 75.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.16) - [Up: 75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.75.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.34) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.15) · Pramāṇa