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For Reputation Losing The Fundamental 名声丧本

人随情欲,求于声名,
声名显著,身已故矣。
贪世常名,而不学道,枉功劳形。
譬如烧香,虽人闻香,香之尽矣;
危身之火,而在其后。

— 释迦牟尼佛
《四十二章经》: 第二十一章

Of people following passionate desires, seeking for reputation, with reputation outstanding, the body is already deceased. With greed for worldly constant fame, yet not learning the path, with efforts in vain, exhausting the body. For example, like burning incense, although the person smells the fragrance, at the end of the incense, the fire that endangers the body, is then that there after.

— Śākyamuni Buddha
(Sūtra Of 42 Sections: 21st Section)

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