[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) › 82.36 # 法苑珠林 82.36 法苑珠林 82.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [82.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.36) 汝藏功德事　如似灰覆火 我以愚癡故　燒然數百身 汝於佛標相　極為甚相稱 我以愚癡故　不能善觀察 為癡火所燒　願當暫留住 少聽我懺悔　猶如脚跌者 按地還得起　南無清淨行 南無堅持戒　遭是極苦難 不作毀缺行　不遇如是惡 持戒非希有　要當值此苦 能持禁戒者　是則名為難 為鵝身受苦　不犯於禁戒 此事實難有　懺悔既訖已 即放比丘還 > "You concealed your meritorious deeds / just like ashes covering a fire. / Because of my foolishness, / I burned hundreds of bodies. / You correspond exceptionally well / with the marks and signs of the Buddha. / Because of my foolishness, / I was unable to observe well, / and was burned by the fire of ignorance. / I pray you will briefly stay / and listen a little to my repentance. / Just as one who stumbles / presses against the earth and rises again: / Homage to pure practice! / Homage to the firm maintenance of precepts! / Meeting with such extreme bitter hardship, / you did not commit flawed conduct. / If one does not encounter such evil, / maintaining precepts is not rare; / it is only when one must face such suffering / that being able to maintain the prohibitive precepts / is truly called difficult! / For a goose's sake, you endured suffering on your body / without violating the prohibitive precepts; / such a matter is truly rare!" / When his repentance was finished, / he immediately released the bhikṣu to return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 82.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.35) - [Next: 82.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.37) - [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.82.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.36) · Pramāṇa