[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) › 86.12 # 法苑珠林 86.12 法苑珠林 86.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [86.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.86.12) 說是偈已。尋即思惟。我今作何方便。令其開寤。如佛言曰。若教人時。先當令其觀於四諦。今當為說作業根本。作是念已而語之言。汝於今者極善稱量。時賣肉者作是念言。汝比丘既不買肉。何故語我極善稱量。作是念已。即說偈言。 > Having spoken this verse, he immediately reflected: “What expedient means should I now use to awaken him? As the Buddha said: ‘When instructing people, one should first have them contemplate the four noble truths.’ Now I should explain to him the root of creating karma.” Having thought this, he said to him: “You are exceedingly good at weighing and measuring now.” At that time the meat-seller thought: “Since you, monk, do not buy meat, why do you tell me that I am exceedingly good at weighing and measuring?” Having thought this, he spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 86.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.86.11) - [Next: 86.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.86.13) - [Up: 86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.86) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.86.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大莊嚴論經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.kalpanamanditika*zh-kumarajiva.6.24) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.86.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.86.12) · Pramāṇa