[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) › 9.95 # 諸經要集 9.95 諸經要集 9.95 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.95) 晝夜慢墮　老不止婬　有財不施 不受佛言　有此四弊　為自侵欺 咄嗟老至　色變作耄　少時如意 老見蹈賤　不修梵行　又不富貴 老如白鶴　守伺空池　既不守戒 又不積財　老羸氣竭　思故何逮 老如秋葉　污穢襤縷　命疾脫至 不用後悔 > Day and night negligent and indolent, / in old age not ceasing from lust, / possessing wealth and not giving, / not accepting the Buddha’s words: / having these four defects, / one cheats and harms oneself. > Alas, old age arrives! / Appearance transforms and becomes decrepit; / in youth one had one’s wish, / in old age one is trodden down and despised; / neither cultivating pure conduct / nor achieving wealth and honor. > In old age one is like a white crane / guarding and waiting by an empty pond; / since one has neither guarded the precepts / nor accumulated wealth, / old and frail, one’s vital energy exhausted, / of what avail is longing for the past? > Old age is like autumn leaves, / defiled and in tatters; / when death swiftly arrives, / there is no use in feeling regret. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.94) - [Next: 9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.96) - [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.9.95) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.95) · Pramāṇa