[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) › 20.23 # 諸經要集 20.23 諸經要集 20.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.23) 何法名為苦　所謂貧窮是 何苦最為重　所謂貧窮苦 死苦與貧窮　二苦等無異 寧當受死苦　不用貧窮生 > "What phenomenon is called suffering? / It is that which is called poverty. / What suffering is the most severe? / It is that which is called the suffering of poverty. / The suffering of death and poverty— / these two sufferings are equal and no different. / Better to endure the suffering of death / than to live in poverty." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.22) - [Next: 20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.24) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.20.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.23) · Pramāṇa