[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) › 5.44 # 大方便佛報恩經 5.44 大方便佛報恩經 5.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.44) 「未久之間有大伴至。爾時伴中有一長者是我父母舊所知識。我即前問父母消息。爾時長者即答我言：『汝父母家昨夜失火，所燒蕩盡，父母亦喪。』我聞是已，悶絕躃地，良久乃穌。未久之間，有五百群賊即壞眾伴。爾時賊主便將我去。作賊主婦法，常使守門，若有緩急，為人所逐，須速開門。後於一時，夫與群賊共行抄劫。 > "Before long, a large caravan arrived. At that time, among the caravan was an elder who was an old acquaintance of my parents. I went forward to ask for news of my parents. The elder then replied to me, saying: 'Last night a fire broke out in your parents' house; everything was burned away, and your parents also perished.' Hearing this, I fainted and collapsed to the ground, reviving only after a long while. Before long, a band of five hundred bandits broke up the caravan. At that time, the bandit chieftain took me away. The custom for the bandit chieftain's wife was always to guard the gate: if there was an emergency and they were pursued by others, she had to open the gate quickly. Later, on one occasion, the husband went out with the band of bandits to plunder and rob. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.43) - [Next: 5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.45) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.5.44) — 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.353.5.21) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.44) · Pramāṇa