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# 太子瑞應本起經 1.50

太子瑞應本起經 1.50

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185.1.50)

「『吾以不復用兵器，等行慈心却魔怨；  
世用兵器動人心，而我以等汝眾生。  
若調象馬雖已調，然後故態會復生；  
若得最調如佛性，已如佛調無不仁。』

> "‘I no longer make use of weapons,  
> Practicing equal loving-kindness to repel the demon foes;  
> The world uses weapons to disturb the minds of men,  
> Whereas I treat your living beings with equality.  
> Though an elephant or horse is tamed,  
> Its old nature will eventually resurface;  
> Yet if one attains supreme taming like the Buddha-nature,  
> Once tamed as the Buddha is, there is none not benevolent.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.185~en-mt.1.50) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [釋迦譜](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.440) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese
- [修行本起經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.nidana.caryanidanasutra*zh-zhudali.2.59) — Classical Chinese

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