四十二章經 1.44

1.44

佛言：「夫人離三惡道得為人難；既得為人，去女即男難；既得為男，六情完具難；六情已具，生中國難；既處中國，值奉佛道難；既奉佛道，值有道之君難，生菩薩家難；既生菩薩家，以心信三尊、值佛世難。」

The Buddha said: "It is difficult to leave the three evil destinies and obtain human form; having obtained human form, it is difficult to leave womanhood and become a man; having become a man, it is difficult to have all six sense faculties intact; with the six sense faculties intact, it is difficult to be born in a central land; living in a central land, it is difficult to encounter and venerate the Buddha's Way; having venerated the Buddha's Way, it is difficult to encounter a ruler who possesses the Way, and difficult to be born in a bodhisattva family; having been born in a bodhisattva family, it is difficult to have faith in the Three Venerable Ones from the heart, and difficult to meet an age when a Buddha is in the world."