大方便佛報恩經 2.20

2.20

「爾時轉輪聖王見諸人民，室家男女，恩愛分離，受苦惱時，而作是言：『今我身者，喻如空井，雖有井名，而無有水。現有所趣，而無所獲，喪失身命，苦惱如是。我今雖處於轉輪聖王之位，七寶具足，十善導化，正法治國。令諸眾生生人天中，受其微妙五欲快樂故，未能免生老病死，恩愛分離，怨憎和合，憂悲苦惱，更相哭泣。然是我過，非眾生咎。所以者何？以我無有出世間法利益一切眾生——雖從於我，諮受善法，望獲安樂，而實不能越於苦海。』

"At that time, seeing all the people, men and women of their households, enduring anguish when separated from those they held dear, the wheel-turning sage king spoke these words: 'My present person is like the empty well: though it has the name of a well, it has no water. They currently resort to it, yet obtain nothing, losing their bodies and lives and suffering such anguish. Though I now occupy the position of a wheel-turning sage king, fully endowed with the seven treasures, guiding through the ten virtues, and governing the country by the saddharma, causing all sentient beings to be born among humans and devas to enjoy the sublime pleasures of the five desires, they are still unable to avoid birth, old age, sickness, and death, separation from loved ones, association with the hated, and sorrow, grief, and anguish, weeping together. Yet this is my fault, not the fault of sentient beings. Why is this? Because I have had no world-transcending Dharma to benefit all sentient beings—though they consult me and receive good teachings, hoping to obtain peace and happiness, they are in truth unable to cross over the ocean of suffering.'