[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) › 1.23 # 四十二章經 1.23 四十二章經 1.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.23) 佛言：「覩天地念非常，覩山川念非常，覩万物形體豐熾念非常；執心如此，得道疾矣。」 > The Buddha said: "Looking at heaven and earth, contemplate impermanence; looking at mountains and rivers, contemplate impermanence; looking at the flourishing fullness of the forms of the myriad things, contemplate impermanence. Holding the mind in this way, one attains the Way quickly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.22) - [Next: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.24) - [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.1.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.181) — 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.784.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.23) · Pramāṇa