[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 52.27 # 法苑珠林 52.27 法苑珠林 52.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [52.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.27) 復語其婦。卿夫已死何不啼哭。婦說喻向梵志言。譬如飛鳥暮宿高樹。同止共宿。伺明早起。各自飛去。行求飲食。有緣即合。無緣即離。我等夫婦亦復如是。無常對至隨其本行不能救護。 > \[The brahmacārin\] spoke again to his wife: “Your husband is already dead; why do you not weep?” The wife spoke a parable to the brahmacārin, saying: “It is just like birds that roost in a tall tree at dusk, staying and roosting together; waiting for dawn to break, they each fly away to seek food. If there are conditions, they gather; if there are no conditions, they part. We husband and wife are also like this. When the retribution of impermanence arrives, each follows their own past actions; he cannot be saved or protected.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 52.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.26) - [Next: 52.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.28) - [Up: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.52.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說五無返復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.11) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.27) · Pramāṇa