佛說五無反復經 1.10

1.10

兒母即為梵志說譬喻言：「兒來託生，我亦不喚，兒今自去，非我能留。譬如行客，來過主人，客今自去，何能得留？我之母子，亦復如是，去住進止，非我之力，隨其本行，不能得留，愁憂啼哭，何益死者？」

The boy's mother spoke a parable for the brahmacārin: “When the boy came to take birth, I did not call him; now that the boy departs on his own, it is not in my power to keep him. It is just like a traveler who visits a host; when the guest leaves on his own, how could he be kept? It is just the same with me and my son: departures and stays, going and coming, are not within my power. He follows his own former actions and cannot be detained. What benefit to the dead are sorrow and weeping?”