[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) › [佛說五無反復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a) › 1.10 # 佛說五無反復經 1.10 佛說五無反復經 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.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?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.10) · Pramāṇa