[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) › 98.24 # 法苑珠林 98.24 法苑珠林 98.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [98.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.24) 安住於此中　悉能達解義 第二百歲中　復有堅固定 第三百歲中　持戒亦不毀 第四百歲中　有能多聞者 第五百歲中　復有能布施 從是如來法　念念中漸減 如車輪轉已　隨轉時有盡 正法所以隱　阿難之愆咎 為女人出家　勤請調御師 正法應住世　滿足於千年 五百已損減　餘者悉如本 是故五百歲　五百興於世 解脫定持戒　多聞及布施 > Dwelling securely within this, / all can penetrate and understand the meaning. / In the second hundred years, / there is again firm samādhi. / In the third hundred years, / upholding precepts is also unbroken. / In the fourth hundred years, / there are those capable of great erudition. / In the fifth hundred years, / there are again those capable of dāna. / From then on, the Tathāgata's Dharma / gradually wanes thought by thought, / just as a chariot wheel, having turned, / comes to an end as it rolls. / That the saddharma becomes concealed / is Ānanda's fault, / for having persistently requested the Guide / for women to go forth. / The saddharma should have endured in the world / for a full thousand years; / five hundred have already been diminished, / while the remainder is as originally ordained. / Therefore, in the five hundred years, / five periods of five hundred arise in the world: / liberation, samādhi, upholding precepts, / erudition, and dāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 98.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.23) - [Next: 98.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.25) - [Up: 98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.98.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.24) · Pramāṇa