[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) › 1.14 # 四十二章經 1.14 四十二章經 1.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.14) 佛言：「猶若炬火，數千百人，各以炬來，取其火去，熟食、除冥；彼火如故，福亦如之。」 > The Buddha said: "It is just like a blazing torch: several hundreds or thousands of people each come with a torch to take its fire and go to cook food and dispel darkness; that \[original\] fire remains as before, and merit is also like this." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.13) - [Next: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.15) - [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.1.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.91) — 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.784.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.14) · Pramāṇa