[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) › 7.37 # 諸經要集 7.37 諸經要集 7.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.37) 所生枝不絕　但用食貪欲 養怨益丘冢　愚人富汲汲 雖獄有鎖鍱　慧人不謂牢 愚見妻子飾　深著愛其牢 慧說愛為獄　深固難得出 是故當斷棄　不親欲能安 > “Generations of offspring never cease, > all driven by eating and greedy desire. > Feeding the enemy only swells the burial mounds; > the foolish man hurries about accumulating wealth. > Though a prison has chains and shackles, > the wise do not call it secure; > the foolish, seeing the adornments of wife and child, > become deeply attached and cherish that confinement. > The wise declare that desire is the prison, > deep and solid, difficult to escape; > therefore one should cut it off and abandon it; > without intimacy with desire, one can find peace.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.36) - [Next: 7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.38) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.7.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.4.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.37) · Pramāṇa