[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) › 82.22 # 法苑珠林 82.22 法苑珠林 82.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [82.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.22) 我為自全濟　為隨佛語勝 無量功德聚　名稱遍十方 軀命極鄙賤　云何違聖教 我今受佛戒　至死必堅持 為順佛語故　奉版遺身命 若不為難事　終不獲難果 我若持此版　必渡大海難 若不順聖旨　將沒生死海 我今沒水死　雖死猶名勝 若捨佛所教　失於天人利 及以大涅槃　無上第一樂 > "'Should I preserve myself, > Or is following the Buddha's words superior? > He is a mass of immeasurable merit, > Whose fame pervades the ten directions. > My physical body and life are extremely vile and lowly; > How could I go against the noble teaching? > I have now received the Buddha's precepts, > And unto death I will surely uphold them firmly. > In order to follow the Buddha's words, > I offer the plank and surrender my body and life. > If one does not perform difficult tasks, > One will never obtain difficult fruits. > If I hold this plank, > I will surely cross the disaster of the great sea; > Yet if I do not comply with the noble intention, > I will sink into the sea of birth and death. > If I now sink into the water and die, > Though dead, it will still be called superior; > If I abandon what the Buddha taught, > I will lose the benefits of gods and men, > As well as the great nirvāṇa, > The supreme and foremost bliss.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 82.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.21) - [Next: 82.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.23) - [Up: 82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.82.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.22) · Pramāṇa