[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) › [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784) › 1.11 # 四十二章經 1.11 四十二章經 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.11) 佛言：「惡人害賢者，猶仰天而唾，唾不污天，還污己身；逆風坋人，塵不污彼，還坋于身。賢者不可毀，禍必滅己也。」 > The Buddha said: "An evil person harming a worthy one is like looking up at the sky and spitting; the spit does not defile the sky, but returns to defile one's own person. It is like scattering dust against the wind; the dust does not defile the other, but returns to cover one's own person. A worthy one cannot be destroyed, and misfortune will surely destroy oneself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.79) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་དུམ་བུ་ཞེ་གཉིས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.359a.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.11) · Pramāṇa