經律異相 2.28

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2.28

The devaputra said: ‘I have not heard this.’ Śakra Devānām Indra said: ‘All love and attachment entail separation.’ The devaputra said: ‘How could I not harbor grief? From the diverse five desires of this heavenly palace, I must now be separated. When my life ends, I shall be born in the womb of a pig in Rājagṛha, where what I eat will be dung, and I will subsequently be killed by butchers. Because I now foresee this, I harbor grief.’ Then Śakra Devānām Indra said to the devaputra: ‘Now you should take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṃgha. Why so? The Buddha spoke a gāthā:

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經律異相 — Classical Chinese