釋迦譜 2.19

2.19

Sengyou humbly reflects: The Great Sage promulgated the scriptures, praising and censuring, chastening and exhorting. Indeed, the exaltedness of the Rightly Awakened One has long been severed from all entanglements; yet across dust-mote kalpas, he has only now displayed his residual retribution. From this it is clearly known that the destruction of the Śākya clan could not be averted by force. This is truly a profound warning against killing, and a clear model for caution in one's deeds.