譯文／曹魏‧白延（生卒年不詳）

欺為眾惡本，自絕善行業，

是故致痛聚，妄言何益人。

──選自《佛說須賴經》

The Causes and Conditions of Suffering

Translated by Bai Yan

(Years unknown, Cao-Wei Dynasty)

English translation: John Balcom

(ed. John Gill & Susan Tidwell)

Deception is the root of all unwholesomeness.

Cutting off wholesome deeds

results in the accumulation of suffering.

How does it profit a person to lie?

── from Suratapariprccha Sutra

(Surata Sutra Discoursed by the Buddha)