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# 法苑珠林 75.67

法苑珠林 75.67

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [75.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.67)

甘露及毒藥　皆在人舌中  
甘露謂實語　妄語則為毒  
若人須甘露　彼人住實語  
若人須毒者　彼人妄語說  
毒不決定死　妄語則決定  
若人妄語說　彼得言死人  
妄語不自利　亦不益他人  
若自他不樂　云何妄語說  
若人惡分別　喜樂妄說語  
飛墮火刀上　得如是苦惱  
毒害雖甚惡　唯能殺一身  
妄語惡業者　百千身被壞

> Nectar and deadly poison  
> Both reside within the human tongue.  
> Nectar is called truthful speech;  
> False speech, then, is poison.  
> If a person desires nectar,  
> That person abides in truthful speech.  
> If a person desires poison,  
> That person speaks false words.  
> Poison does not bring certain death,  
> Yet false speech brings it certainly.  
> If a person speaks false words,  
> They may be called a walking corpse.  
> False speech does not benefit oneself,  
> Nor does it profit others.  
> If neither self nor other finds joy in it,  
> Why speak false words?  
> If a person through evil discrimination  
> Takes delight and pleasure in speaking falsehoods,  
> They will fly and fall upon fiery blades,  
> Incurring such torment.  
> Though harmful poison is exceedingly foul,  
> It can only slay a single body;  
> Yet through the evil karma of false speech,  
> Hundreds of thousands of bodies are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.75.67) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.70) — Classical Chinese

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