[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) › 92.7 # 法苑珠林 92.7 法苑珠林 92.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [92.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.7) 如雹害禾穀　有人能遮斷 田主甚歡喜　報之以財帛 彼謗是親厚　不名為怨家 遮我利養雹　我應報其恩 如彼提婆達　利養雹所害 由其貪著故　善法無毫氂 如以毛繩戮　皮斷肉骨壞 髓斷及爾心　利養過毛繩 絕於持戒皮　能破禪定肉 析於智慧骨　滅妙善心髓 由貪利養故　不樂閑靜處 心常緣利養　晝夜不休息 > 'Just as when hail harms grain, > If someone is able to block it, > The owner of the field is greatly delighted > And rewards him with wealth and silks; > That slanderer is a dear friend, > He should not be called an enemy. > He blocks the hail of gain and offerings from me; > I ought to repay his kindness. > Like that Devadatta, > Harmed by the hail of gain and offerings, > Because of his greedy attachment, > Not a hair of good dharma remained to him. > Just as when being flayed with a hair-rope, > The skin breaks, the flesh and bones are destroyed, > The marrow is severed, down to the heart— > Gain and offerings are worse than a hair-rope: > They sever the skin of keeping the precepts, > They can break the flesh of dhyāna-concentration, > Shatter the bones of wisdom, > And destroy the marrow of the wonderful wholesome mind. > Because of greed for gain and offerings, > One takes no pleasure in quiet and secluded places; > The mind is constantly bound to gain and offerings, > Resting neither day nor night.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 92.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.6) - [Next: 92.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.8) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.92.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大莊嚴論經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.kalpanamanditika*zh-kumarajiva.7.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.7) · Pramāṇa