[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) › 1.27 # 四十二章經 1.27 四十二章經 1.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.27) 佛言：「財色之於人，譬如小兒貪刀刃之蜜，甜不足一食之美，然有截舌之患也。」 > The Buddha said: "Wealth and sex to a person are like a small child coveting honey on the blade of a knife: the sweetness is not enough for the pleasure of a single meal, yet there is the danger of cutting the tongue." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.26) - [Next: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.28) - [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.1.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.191) — 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.784.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.27) · Pramāṇa