法句譬喻經 1.p1

Texts from the Buddhist Canon commonly known as Dhammapada, with accompanying narratives 1.p1

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1.p1

The first parable in this section relates that Śakra having on one occasion been conceived in the household of a potter, as the offspring of the female ass that turned the mill, the ass, overjoyed at the prospect of progeny, kicked her heels up, and broke all the pitchers and pots which the master had made. On this the man, taking a stick, belaboured the beast to such a degree, that the newly-formed foetus was destroyed, and the prospect of offspring cut off. On which occasion Buddha repeated these lines—

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法句譬喻經 — Classical Chinese