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世间人民，闻佛所说，莫不欢喜，作礼而去。 天上福已尽， 堕为牛领虫， 譬如大田家， 收入甚大丰。 但食不复种， 谷尽亦饥穷； 食福亦如是， 福尽堕罪中。 人身甚难得， 根具亦甚难， 百劫复百劫， 时乃得为人。 失戒离人本， 但坐着因缘， 不知厌足故， 受苦如弥连。 蜎飞蠕动类， 其神同一原， 坐犯不与取， 借贷无还心， 受寄而拒抵， 持头触突人， 展转畜生中， 其苦难缕陈。 佛说饿鬼苦， 但有饥渴患， 东西求饮食， 不闻水谷声。 躯体一由旬， 裸形发绕身， 但坐悭独食， 故堕黑绳城。 铁围两山间， 窈窈何冥冥， 识神堕其中， 不睹日月精。 展转不相见， 但闻叫呼声， 一切众恶声， 苦痛伤人情。 既得生为人， 当受身诸殃， 盲聋喑哑痾， 跛躄不能行。 虽有度世法， 不得听受闻， 长夜受是苦， 宛转如车轮。 受身虽根具， 端政辩聪明， 邪见堕颠倒， 不信有佛经； 或行屠网猎， 酒乐着情欲， 没身见阎王， 罪至乃怖惊。 边地无义理， 父子相噬汝， 室家更相卖， 属人为奴虏 现代汉语译本 世间的人民，听闻佛陀所说，没有不欢喜的，行礼后离去。 天上的福报享尽，就会堕落成为牛身上的虫子， 譬如一个大的田地主，收入非常丰厚。 但只知道吃却不再耕种，谷物吃尽了也会饥饿贫穷； 享用福报也是这样，福报享尽了就会堕入罪恶之中。 人身非常难以获得，六根完具也很难得， 经历百劫又百劫，才能有机会得到人身。 失去戒律就离开了做人的根本，只是执着于因缘， 因为不知满足，所以遭受的痛苦就像弥漫的连绵山脉一样。 那些飞行的、蠕动的生物，它们的神识本源是相同的， 因为犯了不予而取的罪过（偷盗），借贷了东西没有偿还的心， 接受了寄托却拒绝归还，用头去触犯冲撞他人， 辗转于畜生道中，其中的痛苦难以一一陈述。 佛陀说饿鬼的痛苦，只有饥饿和干渴的困扰， 东西奔波寻求饮食，却听不到水和谷物的声音。 躯体有一由旬（古代长度单位）那么大，赤裸着身体，头发缠绕全身， 只因为悭吝独自享用食物，所以堕入黑绳城（地狱名）。 在铁围山（山名）两山之间，幽深黑暗， 神识堕落其中，看不到日月的光辉。 辗转不能相见，只能听到叫喊的声音， 一切罪恶的声音，痛苦伤害人的情感。 既然已经得到人身，就应当承受身体的各种灾殃， 如盲、聋、喑哑、疾病，跛脚、瘫痪不能行走。 即使有度化世人的佛法，也无法听闻和接受， 在漫长的黑夜里承受这些痛苦，像车轮一样不停地旋转。 即使得到身体六根完具，相貌端正，能言善辩，聪明伶俐， 却因为邪见而颠倒，不相信有佛经； 或者从事屠宰、捕鱼打猎的行业，沉迷于酒和音乐，执着于情欲， 死后见到阎罗王（地狱之王），罪恶到来时才感到恐惧惊慌。 在边远地区没有道义和伦理，父子互相吞噬， 家人互相出卖，沦为别人的奴隶。
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English version The people of the world, hearing what the Buddha said, were all delighted, paid their respects, and departed. When the blessings in heaven are exhausted, one will fall to become a worm on a cow's neck, Like a great landowner, whose income is very abundant. But only eating without planting again, when the grain is exhausted, one will also be hungry and poor; Enjoying blessings is also like this; when blessings are exhausted, one will fall into sin. The human body is very difficult to obtain, and complete faculties are also very rare, Through hundreds of kalpas (aeons) and hundreds of kalpas, one may then obtain a human body. Losing precepts is to leave the foundation of being human, merely clinging to conditions, Because of not knowing contentment, one suffers like the vast, continuous mountains. Those flying and wriggling creatures, their consciousnesses share the same origin, Because of committing the offense of taking what is not given (stealing), borrowing without the intention to repay, Accepting deposits but refusing to return them, using one's head to offend and bump into others, Revolving in the animal realm, the suffering therein is difficult to describe one by one. The Buddha spoke of the suffering of hungry ghosts, who only have the affliction of hunger and thirst, Running east and west seeking food and drink, but not hearing the sound of water or grain. The body is one yojana (ancient unit of length) in size, naked with hair wrapped around the body, Only because of being stingy and eating alone, one falls into the Black Rope City (name of a hell). Between the two mountains of the Iron Ring Mountains (name of a mountain), it is deep and dark, The consciousness falls into it, not seeing the essence of the sun and moon. Revolving without seeing each other, one can only hear the sound of shouting, All kinds of evil sounds, pain hurting people's feelings. Since one has obtained a human body, one should bear the various calamities of the body, Such as blindness, deafness, muteness, disease, lameness, paralysis, unable to walk. Even if there is the Dharma (Buddhist teachings) to save the world, one cannot hear and receive it, Enduring these sufferings in the long night, revolving like a wheel. Even if one obtains a body with complete faculties, upright appearance, eloquence, and intelligence, One is deluded by wrong views, not believing in the Buddhist scriptures; Or engaging in the occupations of butchering, fishing, and hunting, indulging in wine and music, clinging to desires, After death, seeing King Yama (king of hell), one is frightened and terrified when the sins arrive. In remote areas, there is no righteousness or morality, fathers and sons devour each other, Family members sell each other, becoming slaves to others.
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。 恒畜给驱使， 动静加杖楚， 虽得为人形， 畜生共同侣。 世间纯淑善， 无有师法则， 当生长寿天， 无形但有识。 寿命虽延长， 三涂为邻侧， 后作曲蟮虫， 泥沙为饮食。 以在八难处， 难得复为人， 譬如海盲鳖， 欲值浮木孔。 先死堕须河， 甫来已过去， 值法已没尽， 辄生佛故处。 为法船欲坏， 思惟入甘露， 精进讽为勉， 善知识为师， 精进为大力， 慧明逾日光， 甘露消诸毒， 亦能除五阴。 若人已有信， 住在佛教戒， 便道通亦利， 以开甘露门， 甘露声已出， 三界遍分明。 已开大要道， 但当正意行， 一心向在在， 为道莫中止。 人意譬如称， 常当摄拘牵， 思惟止与观， 是为世间明。 叉手持头脑， 三界皆礼佛。 五苦章句经 现代汉语译本 恒常被驱使的畜生，一举一动都伴随着鞭打和责罚。 即使得到了人身，也和畜生没有区别。 世间如果只有纯粹的美好和善良，没有老师和法则的教导， 就会转生到长寿天（一种无色界天），那里没有形体，只有意识。 虽然寿命很长，但三恶道（地狱、饿鬼、畜生）仍然在旁边。 死后会变成蚯蚓，以泥土为食物。 因为身处八难（难以修行佛法的八种障碍）之中，很难再次获得人身， 就像大海中的盲龟，想要遇到漂浮的木头上的孔洞一样困难。 先死去的人堕入须河（地狱中的河流），刚来就又过去了。 遇到佛法的时候已经错过了，总是出生在佛陀已经涅槃的地方。 为了让佛法的船不至于坏掉，要思考如何进入甘露（不死之药，比喻佛法）。 精进地背诵经文来勉励自己，以善知识（好的导师）为老师， 精进就是强大的力量，智慧的光芒胜过太阳， 甘露可以消除各种毒害，也能去除五阴（色、受、想、行、识）。 如果有人已经有了信仰，住在佛教的戒律中， 那么通往涅槃的道路就会畅通无阻，因为他已经打开了甘露之门。 甘露的声音已经发出，三界（欲界、色界、无色界）都变得清晰明了。 已经开辟了通往涅槃的大道，只要端正心意去修行， 一心一意地向道，不要半途而废。 人的心意就像秤一样，要经常约束和控制， 通过止（禅定）和观（智慧）的思惟，这就是世间的光明。 双手合十，头脑恭敬，三界众生都应该礼敬佛陀。 《五苦章句经》
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English version Constantly driven like livestock, every movement accompanied by beatings and punishments. Even if one obtains a human form, there is no difference from animals. If the world only had pure goodness and virtue, without the teachings of teachers and laws, one would be reborn in the Long-Life Heaven (a formless realm heaven), where there is no form, only consciousness. Although the lifespan is long, the three evil paths (hell, hungry ghosts, animals) are still nearby. After death, one will become an earthworm, with mud as food. Because one is in the eight difficulties (eight obstacles to practicing the Buddha's teachings), it is difficult to obtain human form again, just like a blind turtle in the sea trying to find a hole in a floating piece of wood. Those who die first fall into the River of Suffering (a river in hell), and just as they arrive, they are gone again. When encountering the Dharma, they have already missed it, always being born in places where the Buddha has already passed away (entered Nirvana). In order to prevent the ship of the Dharma from being destroyed, one must contemplate how to enter the Ambrosia (the nectar of immortality, a metaphor for the Dharma). Diligently recite the scriptures to encourage oneself, take good teachers (Kalyanamitra) as teachers, diligence is great strength, the light of wisdom surpasses the sun, Ambrosia can eliminate all poisons and also remove the five skandhas (form, feeling, perception, volition, consciousness). If someone already has faith and lives in the Buddhist precepts, then the path to Nirvana will be smooth, because they have opened the gate of Ambrosia. The sound of Ambrosia has already been emitted, and the three realms (desire realm, form realm, formless realm) have become clear and distinct. The great path to Nirvana has been opened, as long as one cultivates with a correct mind, wholeheartedly towards the path, do not give up halfway. The human mind is like a scale, it must be constantly restrained and controlled, through contemplation of cessation (samatha) and insight (vipassana), this is the light of the world. With hands folded and head bowed respectfully, all beings in the three realms should pay homage to the Buddha. The Sutra of the Chapters and Sentences on the Five Sufferings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------