[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) › 14.64 # 諸經要集 14.64 諸經要集 14.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.64) 妄語言說者　惱一切眾生 彼常如黑暗　有命亦同死 語刀自割舌　云何舌不墮 若妄語言說　則失實功德 若人妄說語　口中有毒蛇 刀在口中住　焰火口中然 口中毒是毒　蛇上毒非毒 口毒割眾生　命終墮地獄 若人妄說語　自口中出膿 舌則是泥濁　舌亦如熾火 若人妄讒語　彼人速輕賤 為善人捨離　天則不攝護 常憎嫉他人　與諸眾生惡 方便惱亂他　因是入地獄 > “Those who utter false speech > afflict all sentient beings. > They are constantly like darkness; > though having life, they are the same as dead. > With the knife of words they cut their own tongues— > why do their tongues not fall out? > If one utters false speech, > one loses real merit. > If a person speaks false words, > there is a venomous serpent in their mouth. > A knife abides in their mouth; > blazing fire burns within their mouth. > The poison in the mouth is \[real\] poison; > the poison upon a serpent is not poison. > The poison of the mouth cuts sentient beings; > at the end of life they fall into hell. > If a person speaks false words, > pus emerges from their own mouth; > the tongue is murky mud, > and the tongue is also like a blazing fire. > If a person utters false and slanderous words, > that person is quickly despised and demeaned. > They are abandoned by good people, > and the gods do not protect them. > They constantly hate and envy others, > inflicting evil upon all sentient beings. > By expedients they disturb others, > and because of this they enter hell.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.63) - [Next: 14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.65) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.14.64) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.63) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [正法念處經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.narrative.saddharmasmrtyupasthana*zh-gautama-prajnaruci.50.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.64) · Pramāṇa