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# 法苑珠林 49.73

法苑珠林 49.73

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [49.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.49.73)

君愛忠臣　父憐孝子　況佛大慈  
拔苦樂彼　不荷其恩　害親存己  
一墜幽塗　累劫終始

> The sovereign cherishes a loyal minister; / The father loves a filial son. / How much more so the Buddha's great compassion, / Pulling \[beings\] from suffering and delighting them! / If one does not bear his kindness / But harms kin to preserve oneself, / Once fallen into the dark paths, / Through repeated kalpas, from beginning to end \[they suffer\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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