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The Long Āgama Sūtra 7.91

長阿含經 7.91

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Classical Chinese

7.91

婆羅門語迦葉言:「汝等若謂行善生天,死勝生者,汝等則當以刀自刎,飲毒而死,或五縛其身,自投高岸,而今貪生不能自殺者,則知死不勝生。」

The priest said to Kāśyapa, “If all of you say someone who does good is born in Heaven, then dying would be better than being alive. You ought to slit your throats with a knife or die in some other way. Maybe tie up your arms and legs and toss yourselves off a high cliff. Yet, you crave life and can’t kill yourselves, so I know that death isn’t better than birth.”

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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