[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) › 3.89 # 諸經要集 3.89 諸經要集 3.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3.89) 又處處經云。譬如大海中沙不能計知。如人所作善惡殃福前後所不可復計。要在命盡。作惡逢惡處。作善逢善處。殃福皆預有處。亦預有父母兄弟妻子眷屬等。得道便止。若不得道便不斷絕。佛語比丘。當念自身無常。有一比丘即報佛言。我念非常。如人在世間極可至五十歲。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可三十歲。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可十歲。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可一歲。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可一月。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可一日。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可一時。佛言。莫說是語。復有一比丘言可呼吸間。佛言。是也。佛言。出息不還則屬後世。人命迅速在呼吸之間。 > Furthermore, the Chuchu jing says: Just as the sand in the great ocean cannot be counted or known, so the good and evil, calamities and blessings done by people in former and later times cannot be reckoned again. The crucial point is when life ends: one who does evil meets with evil places, and one who does good meets with good places. Calamities and blessings already have their predetermined places, and there are also parents, brothers, wives, children, and kin prepared beforehand. When one attains the path, it ceases; if one does not attain the path, it never ends. The Buddha said to the bhikṣus: 'You should be mindful that your own bodies are impermanent.' One bhikṣu then answered the Buddha, saying: 'I am mindful of impermanence: as a person in the world may live at most up to fifty years.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be thirty years.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be ten years.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be one year.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be one month.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be one day.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be one hour.' The Buddha said: 'Do not speak such words.' Another bhikṣu said: 'It may be in the interval of a single breath.' The Buddha said: 'That is so.' The Buddha said: 'If the exhaled breath does not return, one belongs to the next life. Human life is fleeting, existing between a single exhalation and inhalation.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3.88) - [Next: 3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3.90) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.3.89) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.26) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [佛說處處經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.730.1.58) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.3.89) · Pramāṇa