[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 13.81 # 諸經要集 13.81 諸經要集 13.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.81) 七謂病瘦。肉盡骨立。百節皆痛。猶被杖楚。四大進退。手足不任。氣力虛竭。坐起須人。口燥脣焦。筋斷鼻坼。目不見色。耳不聞音。不淨流出。身臥其上。心懷苦惱。言輒悲哀。今觀世人。年盛力壯。華色煒曄。福盡罪至。無常百變。吾覩此患。故行求道。不欲更之。是吾七師。佛於是說偈言。 > "The seventh is sickness and emaciation: the flesh wasted away and the bones protruding; all the hundred joints aching as though beaten with rods; the four elements in turmoil; hands and feet rendered useless; energy and strength exhausted; needing someone else to sit up or lie down; mouth parched and lips scorched; tendons torn and nostrils cracked; eyes unable to see forms; ears unable to hear sounds; impurities flowing forth, with the body lying upon them; the mind harboring bitterness and distress; every word spoken is lamentation. Now observing the people of the world: when young and vigorous, their splendid complexions radiant and shining; yet when blessings are exhausted, sins arrive, and impermanence brings a hundred changes. Witnessing this affliction, I set out to seek the Way and wish never to undergo it again. This is my seventh teacher." Thereupon the Buddha spoke a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.80) - [Next: 13.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.82) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.13.81) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.37) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [佛說八師經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.astaguruutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.28) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.81) · Pramāṇa