[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) › 9.22 # 諸經要集 9.22 諸經要集 9.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.22) 莫親惡知識　亦莫愚從事 當近善知識　人中最勝者 人中無有惡　習近惡知識 後必種惡根　永在暗中行 > "Do not draw close to bad spiritual friends, / Nor serve the foolish; / One should draw near to good spiritual friends, / The most supreme among people. / If there is no evil in a person, / Yet they associate with and draw near to bad spiritual friends, / They will later certainly plant evil roots / And forever walk in darkness." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.21) - [Next: 9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.23) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.9.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.20.2.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.22) · Pramāṇa