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# 父母恩重經 1.1

父母恩重經 1.1

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2887.1.1)

如是我聞。一時佛在王舍城耆闍崛山中。與大菩薩摩訶薩及聲眷屬俱。亦與比丘比丘尼優婆塞優婆夷。一切諸天人民及天龍鬼神。皆來集會。一心聽佛說法。瞻仰尊顏。目不暫捨。佛言。人生在世。父母為親。非父不生。非母不育。是以寄託母胎懷身十月。歲滿月充。母子俱顯生墮草上。父母養育。臥則蘭車。父母懷抱。和和弄聲。含笑未語。飢時須食。非母不哺。渴時須飲。非母不乳。母中飢時吞苦吐甘推乾就濕。非義不親。非母不養。慈母養兒。去離蘭車。十指甲中食子不淨。應各有八斛四㪷。計論母恩。昊天罔極。嗚呼慈母云何可報。阿難白佛言。世尊云何可報其恩。唯願說之。

> Thus have I heard. At one time the Buddha was staying at Vulture Peak in Rājagṛha, surrounded by a large gathering of bodhisattvas and śrāvakas, by monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen as well as by gods, dragons, and all kinds of deities. In one mind they listened to the Buddha preach the Dharma, gazing at the Buddha’s face without blinking.  
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> The Buddha said, “Everyone born into this world has a father and mother for his parents. Without a father one cannot be born, without a mother one cannot grow up. First everyone grows in his mother’s womb for ten months. When the time of birth arrives, he comes into the world, dropping onto the  
> — Keiyo Arai 2005, The Sutra on the Profundity of Filial Love

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## Translations (2)

- [The Sutra on the Profundity of Filial Love](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2887~en-bdk.1.1) — Keiyo Arai 2005, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2887~en-mt.1.1) — English, machine translation

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