法苑珠林 27.26

English (machine translation) 27.26

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27.26

Thereupon it did not take back the poison, but cast itself into the fire. The Buddha said, 'The black snake at that time was Śāriputra today. In the past, having suffered such agony of death, he still would not take back the poison; how much less would he now take up medicine he has abandoned?'

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese