法句譬喻經 1.p9

1.p9

Buddha having arrived at the grove, and having washed his feet and arranged his robes, sat down; on this occasion Ānanda respectfully asked him to explain the verses he had just repeated, on which the Honoured of the world related that the master of the oxen he had just seen sent them forth day by day to pasture and feed, in order that when fattened and well conditioned they might be killed one by one. “Such,” he added, “is the fate of all that lives; it is thus it flourishes for a moment and then dies.” On this upwards of two hundred of the hearers obtained spiritual powers, and became Rahats.”