[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) › 1.12 # 佛說五無反復經 1.12 佛說五無反復經 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.12) 姊為梵志說譬喻言：「我之兄弟，譬如巧師，入山斫木縛作大栰，安置水中，卒遇大風，吹栰散失，隨水流去，前後分張，不相顧望；我弟亦爾，因緣和會，同一家生，隨命長短，生死無常，合會有離。我弟命盡，隨其本行，不能得留，愁憂啼哭，何益死者？」 > The sister spoke a parable for the brahmacārin: “My brother and I are like a skilled craftsman who enters the mountains, cuts timber, and binds it into a great raft. When it is launched on the water, a great storm suddenly blows, scattering and breaking the raft apart so that the logs drift downstream, divided before and behind, never looking back to one another. So it is with my brother: brought together by cause and conditions, we were born in the same family. Following the span of our lives, life and death are impermanent, and union must bring separation. My brother's life has run its course; following his former actions, he cannot be detained. What benefit to the dead are sorrow and weeping?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.13) - [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.1.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛說五無返復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.10) — Classical Chinese - [佛說五無返復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.12) · Pramāṇa