[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) › [菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384) › 7.25 # 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 7.25 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 7.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.7.25) 「『殺是不善行，減壽命中夭； 身如朝露虫，見光則命終。 持戒奉佛語，得生長壽天； 累劫積福德，不墮畜生道。 今身為龍身，戒德清明行； 雖墮六畜中，必望自濟度。』 > "'Killing is an unwholesome act, / reducing lifespan to premature death; / one's body is like a morning-dew insect, / dying as soon as it meets the light. / Upholding the precepts and honoring the Buddha's words, / one is born in the heavens of long life; / accumulating merit through successive kalpas, / one does not fall into the animal realm. / Though my present body is that of a nāga, / my precept virtue is clear and pure in practice; / although fallen among the animals, / I will surely hope to deliver myself.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.7.24) - [Next: 7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.7.26) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384~en-mt.7.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.7.25) · Pramāṇa