諸經要集 9.61

9.61

又無量壽經云。獨生獨死。獨來獨去。苦樂之地。身自當之無有代者。幽幽冥冥別離長久。道路不同會見無期。甚難甚難。復得相值。夫生則喜。親族歡聚。盡慈愛之心。死則朝亡暮殯。便有恐畏分離之狀。歌哭相送。往者不知。反室空堂寂滅無覩。存亡有無變化俄頃。故出曜經。佛重說死苦偈云。

Furthermore, the Amitāyus-sūtra says: 'Alone one is born and alone one dies; alone one comes and alone one goes. To places of suffering or pleasure, the body undergoes it by itself without any substitute. In deep darkness, separation is long; their paths are different and there is no appointed time for meeting. It is very difficult, very difficult ever to encounter one another again. In life there is joy: relatives happily gather, expressing their utmost love and affection. In death, passing away in the morning and encoffined in the evening, there is the appearance of fearful parting. Singing and weeping, they see the dead off, yet the departed one knows nothing. Returning to an empty hall, silent and with nothing to behold; existence and non-existence, living and dying, transform in a fleeting moment.' Therefore, in the Udānavarga, the Buddha spoke again a verse on the suffering of death, saying: