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# 法苑珠林 78.24

法苑珠林 78.24

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [78.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.78.24)

此喻道俗雖持禁戒雜染不純。相中似善口出惡言。欲喚是善口復出惡。欲喚非善相復出家。

> This is an analogy for monastics and laity who, though holding the monastic precepts, are defiled and impure: in appearance they seem good, yet their mouths utter evil speech. If one wishes to call them good, their mouths utter evil; if one wishes to call them not good, in appearance they have gone forth as monastics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.70) — Classical Chinese

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