[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) › 97.10 # 法苑珠林 97.10 法苑珠林 97.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.10) 命如華果熟　常恐會零落 已生皆有苦　孰能致不死 從初樂愛欲　可望入胞影 受形命如電　晝夜流難止 是身為死物　精神無形法 作命死復生　罪福則不亡 終始非一世　從癡愛長久 自作受苦樂　身死神不喪 > "Life is like flowers and fruit ripening, / Ever fearing they will fall. / All that has been born has suffering; / Who can attain immortality? / From the initial delight in lustful desires, / One may be expected to enter into the shadow of the womb. / Receiving form, life is like lightning, / Flowing day and night, hard to halt. / This body is a dead thing; / The conscious spirit is a formless phenomenon. / Creating life, it dies and is born again; / Offenses and blessings do not perish. / The end and beginning are not of one lifetime; / Following ignorance and craving for a long time, / One creates deeds oneself and suffers pain or pleasure; / When the body dies, the spirit is not lost." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 97.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.9) - [Next: 97.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.11) - [Up: 97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.97.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.42) — Classical Chinese - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.4.44) — Classical Chinese - [法句經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-weiqinan.2.77) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.10) · Pramāṇa