[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) › 99.21 # 法苑珠林 99.21 法苑珠林 99.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [99.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.21) 譬如城傍水　種種居不淨 遠來值門閉　眾共止此池 初來不覺知　飢渴而取飲 并洗除熱乏　疲極得臥寐 天曉至水邊　審覩知不淨 眾人共厭惡　各各懷嘔吐 以得第三道　見欲樂不安 入禪定無患　觀欲如瑕水 > "Like the water beside the city, > Where all kinds of impurities dwell; > Coming from afar and finding the gates closed, > They stop together at this pool. > When first arriving, they do not perceive it; > Hungry and thirsty, they draw and drink, > And bathe to remove heat and exhaustion; > Extremely tired, they fall asleep. > At dawn they go to the water's edge, > And looking carefully, know it is impure; > All together they loathe and abhor it, > Each harboring the urge to vomit. > Having attained the third path, > One sees that the pleasures of desire are unsafe; > Entering dhyāna-concentration, there is no peril, > Viewing desires like flawed water." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 99.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.20) - [Next: 99.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.22) - [Up: 99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.99.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [修行道地經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.yogacarabhumi*zh-dharmaraksa.6.43) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.21) · Pramāṇa