[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) › 76.17 # 法苑珠林 76.17 法苑珠林 76.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [76.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.17) 口癡而心剛　不柔無惡言 常懷惡兩舌　不念人善利 所言不了了　藏惡在於心 如灰覆炭火　設躡燒人足 其語常柔和　順從言可人 言行而相副　心身不傷人 譬如好華樹　成實亦甘美 佛尊解說是　心口之謀相 > The mouth is foolish and the mind is unyielding; / being ungentle, it is not free of evil speech. / Constantly harboring malice and a double tongue, / it does not care for others' good and benefit. / Its speech is indistinct and ambiguous, / concealing evil within the mind, / like ashes covering charcoal fire: / if stepped on, it burns one's foot. / When one's speech is always gentle and mild, / accommodating and agreeable to others, / with words and deeds corresponding to each other, / harming neither in mind nor in body, / it is like a fine flowering tree / whose fruit turns out sweet as well. / The Buddha, the Honoured One, has explained these / as the marks and scheming of mind and mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 76.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.16) - [Next: 76.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.18) - [Up: 76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.76.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.93) — Classical Chinese - [修行道地經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.yogacarabhumi*zh-dharmaraksa.2.56) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.76.17) · Pramāṇa