[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) › 98.41 # 法苑珠林 98.41 法苑珠林 98.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [98.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.41) 爾時比丘。即向其師說阿難語。師告之曰。阿難老朽智慧衰劣。言多錯謬不可信矣。汝今但當如前而誦。阿難後時聞彼比丘在竹林下猶誦前偈。即問其意。答言。尊者。吾師告我。阿難老朽言多虛妄。汝今但當依前誦習。阿難思惟。彼輕我言。或受餘教。即入三昧推求勝德。不見有人能迴彼意。便作是言。異哉無常甚大雄猛散壞。如是無量賢聖令諸世間皆悉空曠。常處黑暗悑畏中行。邪見熾盛不善增長。誹謗如來斷絕正教。永當沈沒生死大河。開惡趣門閉人天路。於無量劫受諸苦惱。我於今日宜入涅槃。 > Then the bhikṣu reported Ānanda's words to his master. The master told him: 'Ānanda is old and decrepit, his wisdom has decayed; his words contain many errors and are not to be believed. Now you should merely recite as before.' Later, Ānanda heard that bhikṣu beneath the bamboo grove still reciting the earlier verse. He asked him the reason, and \[the bhikṣu\] replied: 'Venerable one, my master told me that Ānanda is old and decrepit, his words are mostly false, and I should merely recite and practice according to what went before.' Ānanda reflected: 'He disdains my words, perhaps having accepted another teaching.' Thereupon he entered samādhi to search for someone of superior virtue, but saw no one who could turn that \[monk's\] mind. He then spoke these words: 'How extraordinary! Impermanence is exceedingly fierce and powerful, scattering and destroying like this immeasurable sages and worthies, rendering all worlds utterly empty and desolate, constantly dwelling in darkness and walking in dread. Wrong views blaze fiercely and unwholesomeness increases, slandering the Tathāgata and cutting off the true teaching. They will forever sink in the great river of saṃsāra, opening the gates to the evil destinies and closing the path to the human and heavenly realms, enduring all kinds of suffering and affliction for countless kalpas. Today it is fitting for me to enter nirvāṇa.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 98.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.40) - [Next: 98.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.42) - [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.98.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [付法藏因緣傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2058.2.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.41) · Pramāṇa