法苑珠林 66.14

66.14

汝今何故愁憂乃至於斯。一切諸行無常之物。欲使有常者。此事不然。天子報言。云何天帝那得不愁。我今天身清淨無染。光逾日月靡所不照。捨此身已當生羅閱城中猪腹中。生常食屎溺。死時為刀所割。是時帝釋語言。汝今可自歸佛法眾。便不墮三惡趣。故如來亦說此偈。

'Why are you now so grieved, even to this degree? All conditioned things are impermanent; to wish to make them permanent—this cannot be so.' The devaputra answered: 'Lord of Devas, how could I not grieve? Today my divine body is pure and undefiled, its radiance surpassing the sun and moon, illuminating everywhere. Having cast off this body, I am to be born in the belly of a pig in the city of Rājagṛha, constantly eating feces and urine in life, and being butchered by knives at death.' At that time, Śakra said to him: 'You may now take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṃgha, and then you will not fall into the three evil destinies. For the Tathāgata also spoke this verse:'