法句譬喻經 13.p1

Texts from the Buddhist Canon commonly known as Dhammapada, with accompanying narratives 13.p1

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13.p1

On a certain occasion, when Buddha was residing at Śrāvastī, there was a certain rich Brahman, eighty years old, who had built himself a large house, in ignorance of the impermanency of earthly things, in prospect of a long life. Buddha sent Ānanda to this man, and knowing that his death was near, he inquired why he had built such a house with so many apartments; and on the man giving his reasons, and explaining the several purposes of the numerous chambers, then the World-honoured repeated these gāthās:

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