[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) › 82.30 # 法苑珠林 82.30 法苑珠林 82.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [82.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.30) 我於過去世　婬盜捨身命 如是不可數　羊鹿及六畜 捨身不可計　彼時虛受苦 為戒捨身命　勝於毀禁戒 假欲自擁護　會歸於當滅 不如為持戒　為他護身命 捨此危脆身　以取解脫命 我著糞掃衣　乞食以為業 住止於樹下　以何因緣故 乃當作盜賊　汝宜善觀察 > "In past lifetimes, / I abandoned my bodily life out of lust and theft / countlessly like this; / as sheep, deer, and the six domestic animals, / my relinquishments of the body cannot be reckoned. / At those times, I endured suffering in vain. / To abandon body and life for the sake of the precepts / is superior to violating the prohibitive precepts. / Even if one wished to protect oneself, / one will inevitably return to future extinction. / It is better, for the sake of maintaining precepts / and for the sake of protecting another's bodily life, / to abandon this fragile and brittle body, / so as to attain the life of liberation. / I wear rags from the dust heap, / and make begging for food my practice; / I dwell under trees— / for what reason / would I act as a thief? / You ought to observe carefully!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 82.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.29) - [Next: 82.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.31) - [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.82.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.30) · Pramāṇa