[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) › 91.40 # 法苑珠林 91.40 法苑珠林 91.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [91.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.91.40) 惟無常苦空之悲。念生老病死之患。長夜悲倒懸之苦。漂淪哀陷墜之溺。思之痛傷。亦深可懼也。良由福田輕薄信施難消。齋戒無固。事等坏瓶。易毀難持。又同霜露。我人轉盛。著逾膠漆。不懼累劫之殃。但憂一身之命。所以飽食長眠。何異豚犬。破齋夜食。鬼道無殊。是故施主失應時之福。眾僧損良田之種也。 > One reflects on the sorrow of impermanence, suffering, and emptiness, and ponders the afflictions of birth, old age, sickness, and death. In the long night, one grieves over the suffering of hanging upside down; drifting and drowning, one laments the submergence of sinking and falling. Thinking of this is heart-rending, and also profoundly dreadful. Truly, this is because the field of merit is slight and thin, and faithful offerings are difficult to digest. When fasting and precepts lack firmness, the matter is like an unbaked earthen jar, easy to destroy and hard to preserve, and also like frost and dew. The self and others grow increasingly dominant, clinging more tightly than glue and lacquer. One fears not the calamities of accumulated kalpas, but worries only for the life of a single body. Therefore, gorging on food and sleeping for long periods, how does one differ from pigs and dogs? Breaking the fast and eating at night is no different from the realm of hungry ghosts. Therefore, the donor loses the timely merit, and the saṃgha damages the seeds of the good field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 91.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.91.39) - [Next: 91.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.91.41) - [Up: 91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.91) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.91.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.91.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.91.40) · Pramāṇa