[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 2.41 # 大方便佛報恩經 2.41 大方便佛報恩經 2.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.41) 「爾時，大王諫曉諸子，即為宣說天下恩愛皆有別離。諸子答言：『雖如父王所說，心情戀慕，不能捨離。大王今日當賜一願，令諸子等持此身命，奉上大王，為王供養婆羅門師。』王言：『諸子幼稚，未有所識。未能堪辦如是供養。如我今者遠請大師，許相供養，不得違錯。夫為孝子，不違父意，汝今云何違逆我心？』時諸太子聞是語已，舉聲吼喚，驚動神祇，舉身投地，如太山崩。 > "Then the great king admonished and explained to his sons, preaching for them that all worldly affection must meet with parting. The sons replied: 'Although it is as our father the king says, our hearts are full of yearning and we cannot part. May the great king grant us a wish today: let the sons take their own bodies and lives and offer them to the great king, to serve as an offering to the brāhmaṇa master for the king.' The king said: 'My sons are young and do not yet understand. You cannot manage to accomplish such an offering. As for me now, having invited the great master from afar and promised him an offering, I must not break my word. As filial sons, you should not oppose your father's wishes; why do you now defy my intention?' When the princes heard these words, they roared and cried aloud, shaking the spirits of heaven and earth, and threw their whole bodies to the ground, like Mount Tai collapsing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.40) - [Next: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.42) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.2.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.2.20) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.41) · Pramāṇa