法苑珠林 41.60

English (machine translation) 41.60

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41.60

"Just as with a mosquito's proboscis / One might still sound the ocean floor, / So among all devas and humans, / None can measure the saṃgha. / The saṃgha is precious through its virtue, / Yet it still does not discriminate; / And you, by years of age, / Weigh all the great virtues! / Great and small arise from wisdom; / They do not lie in age or youth. / One endowed with wisdom who is diligent and vigorous, / Though young, is an elder; / One who is indolent and without wisdom, / Though old, is young."

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese