經律異相 41.11

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41.11

At that time, the Bhagavat entered the city of Śrāvastī. There was a certain brāhmaṇa who was advanced in age and of mature faculties, holding a staff and carrying a bowl, begging for food from house to house. The Bhagavat asked him, "Why are you doing this?" He replied, "Gautama, all the wealth and property I had, I gave to my son. I took a wife for him, and after that I abandoned this [household life] to beg for food with an alms bowl." The Buddha again told him, "Can you receive and recite one stanza from my teaching, and go back and recite it to your son?" He replied to the Buddha that he could. The Bhagavat then spoke this verse:

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