[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) › [維摩經疏卷第三．第六](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772) › 3.70 # 維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.70 維摩經疏卷第三．第六 3.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.70) 我乃前身時　生慳貪恒突　復隨惡知識 不信佛經戒　使我作牛身　受苦不可繫 都緣貪嗔癡　至於六十劫　今乃得值佛 如病遇良醫　持我飲乳分　盡用奉上佛 我食草飲水　自可充今日　令我後智慧 得道願如佛 > "In my previous lifetimes, / I was greedy, stingy, and always insolent; / I also followed bad spiritual friends, / and did not believe in the Buddha's sūtras and precepts, / causing me to take the body of a cow / and suffer boundless torment. / It was entirely due to greed, anger, and ignorance, / lasting up to sixty kalpas. / Now I finally encounter the Buddha, / like an ill person meeting a good physician. / Take my share of the milk to drink / and offer it all entirely to the Buddha. / As for me, eating grass and drinking water / will naturally suffice for today. / May I later attain wisdom, / and realize the Way, wishing to be like the Buddha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.69) - [Next: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.71) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772~en-mt.3.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2772.3.70) · Pramāṇa