[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) › 8.104 # 法苑珠林 8.104 法苑珠林 8.104 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.104) 菩薩在於此　開我等法眼 今者遠我去　如盲離導師 又如欲度水　忽然失橋船 亦似孾孤兒　喪亡其慈母 我等亦如是　失所歸依處 方漂生死流　了無有出緣 我等於長夜　為癡箭所射 既失大醫王　誰當救我者 滯臥無明床　長沒愛欲海 永斷尊者訓　未見超出期 > “While the Bodhisattva was here, / He opened our Dharma eye. / Now that you depart far from us, / It is like the blind losing their guide. / Again, it is like wishing to cross water, / And suddenly losing bridge and boat; / It is also like an orphaned infant / Bereaved of its compassionate mother. / We too are like this, / Losing that in which we take refuge. / Just as we drift in the stream of birth and death, / There are no conditions for escape. / Throughout the long night, / We have been shot by the arrows of delusion; / Since we have lost the Great Physician King, / Who shall rescue us? / Stagnant, lying upon the bed of ignorance, / Perpetually submerged in the ocean of desire, / Forever severed from the Venerable One’s instruction, / We see no time of transcendence.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.103) - [Next: 8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.105) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.8.104) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [釋迦譜](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.370) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese - [過去現在因果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.atitapratyutpannahetuphalasutra*zh-gunabhadra.1.26) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.104) · Pramāṇa