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The Long Āgama Sūtra 7.77

長阿含經 7.77

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Classical Chinese

7.77

婆羅門答言:「我有親族,遇患篤重。時,我到彼語言:『扶此病人,令右脇臥。』視瞻、屈伸、言語如常;又使左臥,反覆宛轉,屈伸、視瞻、言語如常,尋即命終。吾復使人扶轉,左臥右臥,反覆諦觀,不復屈伸、視瞻、言語,吾以是知,必無他世。」

The priest answered, “I have a friend who fell seriously ill. I went to him and said [to myself], ‘It would help this sick man to turn him onto his right side.’ He looked, turned, and spoke as usual. I tried turning him onto his left side and moved him back again. He turned, looked, and spoke as usual. His life soon ended. Again, I had someone help turn him onto his left and right side, and then we moved him back again. He didn’t turn, look, or speak again. For this reason, I know there surely isn’t another world.”

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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