[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [དགེ་བ་དང་མི་དགེ་བའི་ལས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་སྨིན་པ་བསྟན་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355) › [Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000) › notes.38 # དག་བ་དང་མ་དག་བའ་ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་སྨན་པ་བསྟན་པའ་མད notes.38 Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions notes.38 - **Language:** English ### [notes.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.38) 38. The Chinese reads 為人缺齒從喜咬骨肉中來 “As a human, missing teeth comes from having taken great pleasure in gnawing on bones and meat” (Taishō 2881, p. 1380c24–25). - [Previous: notes.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.37) - [Next: notes.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.39) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.38) · Pramāṇa