佛說五無反復經 1.10

1.10

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?”