[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) › 1.46 # 四十二章經 1.46 四十二章經 1.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.46) 復問一沙門：「人命在幾間？」對曰：「在飯食間。」佛言：「子未能為道。」 > He again asked a śramaṇa: "How long is the span of a person's life?" He replied: "It is the duration of a meal." The Buddha said: "You are not yet capable of practicing the Way." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.45) - [Next: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.47) - [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.1.46) — 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.784.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.46) · Pramāṇa