大方便佛報恩經 2.44

2.44

"At that time the great king, having filled the wounds on his body with oil, took exquisite fine cotton cloth and wrapped it into wicks. Then the great master brāhmaṇa, seeing that the great king had done this, thought: 'I ought now to proclaim and explain the Buddha-Dharma for the great king first. Why? The great king is now about to light the lamps on his body, and I fear he may not survive. If he does not survive, who will listen to the Dharma?' Having reflected thus, he said to the great king: 'Such vigor! You are able to do what is difficult to do, practicing this asceticism for the sake of hearing the Buddha-Dharma. Listen closely! Listen closely! Think on it well! I shall proclaim and explain the Buddha-Dharma for the king.' The king, hearing these words, was greatly delighted—just as when a filial son has recently lost his parents and grieves in bitterness and unspeakable suffering, but upon his parents returning to life, the son is overjoyed; when the king heard these words, it was likewise. Then the brāhmaṇa spoke half a verse for the king, teaching the principle of arising and ceasing: