[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 19.41 # 諸經要集 19.41 諸經要集 19.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.41) 又法句喻經云。昔佛在祇桓精舍。為天人說法。有一長者。居在路側。財富無數。正有一子。其年二十。新為娶妻未滿七日。夫婦相敬欲至後園上春三月看戲園中。有一柰樹高大好花。婦欲得花。無人取與。夫為上樹乃至細枝。枝折墮地死。居家大小奔走兒所。呼天嘷哭。斷絕復蘇。聞者莫不傷心。棺𣫍送還家。啼不止。世尊愍傷其愚。往問訊之。長者室家大小見佛。悲感作禮具陳辛苦。佛語長者。止息聽法。萬物無常不可久保。生則有死罪福相追。此兒三處。為其哭泣懊惱斷絕。亦復難勝。竟為誰子。何者為親。於是世尊即說偈言。 > The \*Dharmapada-avadāna-sūtra\* also states: "Formerly, when the Buddha was at the Jetavana Monastery expounding the Dharma for gods and humans, there was an elder living by the roadside who possessed boundless wealth. He had only one son, who was twenty years old and had newly taken a wife not yet seven days prior. The husband and wife respected each other. Desiring to go to the rear garden in the third month of spring to look and play in the garden, they found a crab-apple tree, tall and large with beautiful flowers. The wife desired to have the flowers, but there was no one to fetch them for her. The husband climbed the tree for her, reaching even to the slender branches. A branch broke, and he fell to the ground and died. All members of the household, old and young, rushed to the son's side, crying out to heaven and wailing loudly, fainting and reviving again; none who heard it failed to feel heartbroken. Putting him in a coffin, they took him back home, weeping incessantly. The Bhagavat pitied their delusion and went to inquire after them. When the elder's household, old and young, saw the Buddha, they bowed down with sorrow and related the full story of their grief. The Buddha said to the elder: 'Cease and listen to the Dharma. All conditioned things are impermanent and cannot be preserved for long. Where there is birth, there is death; sins and merits follow closely behind. In three places, people are weeping, grieving, and fainting in despair for this son, which is indeed hard to endure. In the end, whose son is he, and who are his relatives?' Thereupon, the Bhagavat spoke verses, saying:" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.40) - [Next: 19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.42) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.19.41) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.9) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.4.42) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.41) · Pramāṇa