The Long Āgama Sūtra 1.64
長阿含經 1.64
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- Classical Chinese
1.64
「猶如師子步,遍觀於四方;
墮地行七步,人師子亦然。
又如大龍行,遍觀於四方;
墮地行七步,人龍亦復然。
兩足尊生時,安行於七步;
觀四方舉聲,當盡生死苦。
當其初生時,無等等與等,
自觀生死本,此身最後邊。」
“He took his steps like a lion
And looked around in all four directions.
He fell to the ground and walked seven paces
Like a lion among humans.
He also walked like a great elephant
And looked around in all four directions.
He fell to the ground and walked seven paces
Like an elephant among humans.
When the most exalted of bipeds was born,
He walked seven paces, steady on his feet.
He looked in the four directions and said:
‘I will end the suffering of birth and death.’
Right when he was first born,
He was equal to the unequaled.
He himself saw the root of birth and death,
And that body was his very last.”
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation