[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) › 1.16 # 四十二章經 1.16 四十二章經 1.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.16) 佛言：「天下有五難：貧窮布施難、豪貴學道難、制命不死難、得覩佛經難、生值佛世難。」 > The Buddha said: "In the world there are five difficulties: being poor and practicing generosity is difficult; being noble and wealthy and studying the Way is difficult; controlling one's lifespan so as not to die is difficult; getting to see the Buddhist sūtras is difficult; being born and encountering a Buddha's era is difficult." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.17) - [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.1.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [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.784.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.16) · Pramāṇa