[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) › [太子瑞應本起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185) › 1.3 # 太子瑞應本起經 1.3 太子瑞應本起經 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1.3) 「吾自念宿命，無數劫時，本為凡夫。初求佛道已來，精神受形，周遍五道。一身死壞，復受一身，生死無量。譬喻盡天下草木，斬以為籌，計吾故身，不能數矣。 > "I recall that in my past lives, during countless kalpas, I was originally an ordinary mortal. From the time I first sought the Buddha Way, my conscious spirit received forms, transmigrating everywhere through the five realms. As one body died and decomposed, I received yet another body, through measureless births and deaths. Were one to take all the grasses and trees in the world and cut them into counting-rods, to calculate my former bodies, they could not be numbered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.58) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1.3) · Pramāṇa