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# 法苑珠林 65.31

法苑珠林 65.31

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [65.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.65.31)

我令汝得脫　還於山林中  
恐汝獼猴法　故態還復生  
爾時彼仙人　為說往昔事  
鼈汝宿命時　曾號字迦葉  
獼猴過去世　號字憍陳如  
已作婬欲行　今可斷因緣  
迦葉放憍陳　令還山林去

> “I shall cause you to be freed,  
> To return to the mountain forest;  
> Yet I fear by the ways of a monkey,  
> Your old habits will arise again.”  
> Then that ṛṣi spoke of their past deeds:  
> “Turtle, in a past life,  
> You were once named Kāśyapa;  
> Monkey, in a past life,  
> You were named Kauṇḍinya.  
> Having already engaged in lustful conduct,  
> Now you may cut off this condition;  
> Kāśyapa, release Kauṇḍinya,  
> And let him return to the mountain forest.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.65.31) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.8.54) — Classical Chinese

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