[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) › [佛說五無返復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b) › 1.11 # 佛說五無返復經 1.11 佛說五無返復經 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.11) 又語死者婦：「卿夫已死，何不啼哭？」婦復為梵志說喻言：「我等夫婦，因緣共會須臾間已。譬如飛鳥，暮栖高樹同共止宿，向明早起各自飛去行求飲食。有緣則合，無緣則離。我等夫婦亦復如是，去住進止非我之力。無常對至，隨其本命，不能相救。」 > He also spoke to the dead man's wife: "Your husband is already dead; why do you not weep?" The wife also spoke a parable for the brahmacārin, saying, "We husband and wife came together through causes and conditions for only a brief moment. It is like flying birds that roost together on a tall tree in the evening to spend the night, and rising early toward dawn, each flies away on its own to seek food. When there is affinity, they gather; when the affinity ends, they separate. We husband and wife are just like this: his departing or staying, advancing or stopping, is not within my power. When the retribution of impermanence arrives, each follows their own destiny; we cannot save one another." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.52.27) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [佛說五無反復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751a.1.14) — Classical Chinese - [佛說五無返復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.11) · Pramāṇa