[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) › 82.40 # 法苑珠林 82.40 法苑珠林 82.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [82.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.40) 我等往昔來　造作眾惡業 或得生人道　竊盜婬他妻 王法受刑戮　計算不能數 復受地獄苦　如是亦難計 或受畜生身　牛羊及雞犬 麞鹿禽獸等　為他所殺害 喪身無崖限　未曾有少利 我等於今者　為護聖戒故 分捨是微命　必獲大利益 我等今危厄　必定捨軀命 若當命終後　生天受快樂 若毀犯禁戒　現在惡名聞 為人所輕賤　命終墮惡道 今當共立要　於此至歿命 假使此日光　暴我身命乾 我要持佛戒　終不中毀犯 假使遇惡獸　摑裂我身手 終不敢毀犯　釋師子禁戒 我寧持戒死　不願犯戒生 > "From ancient times until now, / we have created many evil karmas: / sometimes obtaining birth in the human realm, / committing theft and adultery with others' wives, / and undergoing executions under the king's law / beyond all reckoning; / again, enduring the sufferings of hell, / which likewise are hard to calculate; / or receiving the body of a beast, / as cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, / roe deer, deer, birds, and beasts, / being slaughtered by others, / losing life boundlessly / without ever having the least benefit. / We today, / for the sake of protecting the noble precepts, / readily give up this slight life; / we will surely obtain great benefit! / We are now in danger and peril, / and are certain to give up body and life; / if when our lives end, / we are born in heaven to enjoy bliss, / but if we violate the prohibitive precepts, / our evil reputation will be heard in the present, / we will be despised by others, / and upon the end of life will fall into the evil destinies. / Now let us establish an agreement together / to remain here until our lives end: / even if this sunlight / scorches our bodies and dries up our lives, / we must maintain the Buddha's precepts, / and never violate them midway; / even if we encounter ferocious beasts / that tear our bodies and limbs to pieces, / we will never dare to violate / the prohibitive precepts of the Lion of the Śākyas! / We would rather die maintaining the precepts / than wish to live violating the precepts!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 82.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.39) - [Next: 82.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.41) - [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.82.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大莊嚴論經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.kalpanamanditika*zh-kumarajiva.3.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.82.40) · Pramāṇa