[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) › 75.63 # 法苑珠林 75.63 法苑珠林 75.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [75.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.63) 妄語言說者　惱一切眾生 彼常如黑暗　有命亦同死 語刀自割舌　云何舌不墮 若妄語言說　則失實功德 若人妄說語　口中有毒蛇 刀在口中住　炎火口中然 口中毒是毒　地上毒非毒 口毒割眾生　命終墮地獄 若人妄說語　自口中出膿 舌則是泥犁　舌亦如熾火 若人妄讒語　彼人速輕賤 為善人捨離　天則不攝護 常憎嫉他人　與諸眾生惡 方便惱亂他　因是入地獄 > One who utters false speech / Troubles all sentient beings; / He is ever like darkness, / Though alive, he is the same as dead. / / The knife of words cuts his own tongue; / Why does his tongue not fall out? / If one utters false speech, / One loses real merit. / / If a person speaks false words, / Inside his mouth is a poisonous snake; / A blade dwells within his mouth, / Blazing fire burns within his mouth. / / The poison in the mouth is true poison; / Poison on earth is not true poison. / Mouth poison severs sentient beings, / And at life's end, one falls into hell. / / If a person speaks false words, / Pus comes out of his own mouth; / His tongue is itself Naraka; / His tongue is also like a blazing fire. / / If a person speaks false slander, / That person quickly becomes despised and base; / He is abandoned by good people, / And the devas do not guard him. / / Constantly hating and envying others, / Giving evil to all sentient beings, / By expedient means troubling and confusing others, / Because of this, one enters hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 75.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.62) - [Next: 75.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.64) - [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.75.63) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.64) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.63) · Pramāṇa