法苑珠林 12.63

English (machine translation) 12.63

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12.63

"The power of impermanence is exceedingly great: / The foolish and the wise, the poor, the rich, and the noble, / Those who have attained the path and those who have not, / None whatsoever are able to escape. / It is not averted by artful words or wondrous treasures, / Nor by deceit, force, or contention; / Just as fire consumes the ten thousand things, / The impermanent law of death is simply so."

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese