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佛說五無反復經 1.26

佛說五無反復經 1.26

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Classical Chinese

1.26

佛言:「不然!不如卿語。此之五人最有反復。知身無常,財非己有,往古聖人,不免斯患,況於凡夫?大啼小哭,何益死者?世間俗人,無數劫來,流轉生死,遷神不滅,死而復生,如車輪轉,無有休息,背死向生,非憂愁所逮。」

The Buddha said, “Not so! It is not as you say. These five persons possess the greatest understanding of reciprocal affection. Knowing that the body is impermanent and that possessions do not belong to oneself, even the sages of antiquity could not escape this calamity, so how much less ordinary mortals? What benefit to the dead is loud wailing and weeping? For countless eons, worldly people have been wandering in birth and death; their transmigrating consciousness is not extinguished, and they die only to be reborn again, turning like a cartwheel without rest. To turn from death toward life is not something that sorrow can alter.”

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