慈悲道場懺法 3.44

3.44

爾時諸受罪人，聞佛世尊作如是說，號泣動地淚下如雨，而白佛言：「唯願世尊！久住說法，化我等輩令得解脫。」佛言：「若我久住此世，薄福之人不種善根，謂我常在，不念無常。善男子！譬如嬰兒，母常在側，於母不生難遭之想。若母去時，便生渴仰思戀之心，母方還來悉乃生喜。善男子！我今亦復如是。知諸眾生善惡業緣受報好醜，故般涅槃。」于時世尊即於受罪眾生而說偈言：

At that time, hearing the Buddha, the Bhagavat, speak thus, all the sufferers wailed, shaking the earth, tears falling like rain, and spoke to the Buddha, saying: “Our only wish, Bhagavat, is that you remain long to teach the Dharma, transforming our sort so that we may obtain liberation.”
The Buddha said: “If I were to dwell long in this world, people of meager merit would not plant wholesome roots; they would think that I am always present and would not be mindful of impermanence. Good men! It is, for example, just like an infant whose mother is constantly by his side: he does not conceive the thought that his mother is difficult to encounter. If the mother leaves, he gives rise to yearning and longing, and when the mother finally returns, he is overjoyed. Good men! I am now just like this. Knowing that sentient beings experience beautiful or ugly retribution based on their wholesome and evil karmic conditions, I enter parinirvāṇa.” Thereupon, for the sake of the sentient beings suffering retribution, the Bhagavat spoke this verse: