諸經要集 13.81

13.81

"The seventh is sickness and emaciation: the flesh wasted away and the bones protruding; all the hundred joints aching as though beaten with rods; the four elements in turmoil; hands and feet rendered useless; energy and strength exhausted; needing someone else to sit up or lie down; mouth parched and lips scorched; tendons torn and nostrils cracked; eyes unable to see forms; ears unable to hear sounds; impurities flowing forth, with the body lying upon them; the mind harboring bitterness and distress; every word spoken is lamentation. Now observing the people of the world: when young and vigorous, their splendid complexions radiant and shining; yet when blessings are exhausted, sins arrive, and impermanence brings a hundred changes. Witnessing this affliction, I set out to seek the Way and wish never to undergo it again. This is my seventh teacher." Thereupon the Buddha spoke a verse, saying: