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# 法苑珠林 8.78

法苑珠林 8.78

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.8.78)

欲求無為道　不惜身心分  
割截受眾苦　能忍猶如地  
亦不見受者　求法心不悔  
一切無悋惜　猶如救頭然  
普濟眾飢渴　乃應菩薩行

> 'One who wishes to seek the unconditioned Way / does not begrudge body or mind. / Being cut to pieces and undergoing manifold sufferings, / one can endure it like the earth. / Nor does one see a recipient; / seeking the Dharma, the mind has no regret. / Holding back nothing at all, / as if putting out a fire on one's head, / universally relieving the hunger and thirst of beings: / only this corresponds with the bodhisattva path.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.8.78) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [佛說千佛因緣經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.buddha.sahasrabuddhanidanasutra*zh-kumarajiva.1.43) — Classical Chinese

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