[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) › 20.93 # 諸經要集 20.93 諸經要集 20.93 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.93) 如分別緣起初法門經云。世尊告曰。老有五種衰損。一者鬚髮衰損。以彼鬚髮色變壞故。二者身相衰損。形色膚力皆衰損故。三者作業衰損。發言氣上喘息逾急。身戰掉故。住便僂曲。以其腰脊皆無力故。坐即低屈。身羸弱故。行必按杖。身虛劣故。凡所思惟智識愚鈍。念惛亂故。四者受用衰損。於現資具受用劣故。於戲樂具。一切不能現受用故。於諸色根所行境界。不能速疾明利而行。或不行故。五者命根衰損。壽量將盡隣近死故。遇少死緣不堪忍故。 > As the \*Pratītyasamutpāda-vibhāṅga-nirdeśa-sūtra\* states: “The Bhagavat told \[them\]: ‘Old age has five kinds of decline and deterioration: First is the decline and deterioration of beard and hair, because their color changes and ruins. Second is the decline and deterioration of bodily appearance, because bodily form, complexion, and physical strength all decline and deteriorate. Third is the decline and deterioration of actions: when speaking, breath surges up and panting becomes increasingly hurried, and the body trembles and shakes; when standing, one becomes stooped, because the waist and spine have no strength; when sitting, one bends low, because the body is emaciated and weak; when walking, one must rely on a cane, because the body is frail and decrepit; whatever one reflects upon, one’s intellect is dull and obtuse, because mindfulness is confused and disordered. Fourth is the decline and deterioration of enjoyment: one's enjoyment of present requisites is meager; one cannot currently enjoy any implements of play and pleasure; regarding the realms traversed by the physical sense-faculties, one cannot traverse them swiftly and sharply, or cannot traverse them at all. Fifth is the decline and deterioration of the life-faculty: one’s lifespan is about to end and is adjacent to death, and one cannot endure even slight causes of death.’” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.92) - [Next: 20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.94) - [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.20.93) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.59) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.20.93) · Pramāṇa