諸經要集 5.39

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5.39

"What is called the mark of an elder / Does not necessarily consist in advanced age. / With emaciated form and white temples and hair, / One is merely old in vain, devoid of virtue within. / One who can abandon the fruits of sin and blessing, / Vigorously practices the holy life, / And has become detached from all dharmas— / Such a one is called an elder."

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諸經要集 — Classical Chinese