[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) › 1.47 # 四十二章經 1.47 四十二章經 1.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.47) 復問一沙門：「人命在幾間？」對曰：「呼吸之間。」佛言：「善哉！子可謂為道者矣。」 > He again asked a śramaṇa: "How long is the span of a person's life?" He replied: "It is between an inhalation and an exhalation." The Buddha said: "Excellent! You may be said to be one who practices the Way." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.46) - [Next: 1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.48) - [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.1.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.280) — 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.784.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.47) · Pramāṇa