[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt) › 1.44 # 四十二章經 1.44 English (machine translation) 1.44 - **Language:** English ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.44) 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." - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.45) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.44) · Pramāṇa