[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.752) › 1.8 # 佛說五無返復經 1.8 佛說五無返復經 1.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.8) 兒母逆為梵志說譬喻言：「子者如客，來依人止，來亦不却，去亦不留。此兒本我亦不喚來，自來過我生，死亦自去，非我力乃便進退，隨其本行，追命所生。」 > The boy's mother spoke a parable in response to the brahmacārin, saying, "A child is like a guest who comes to stay with someone; when he comes, he is not turned away, and when he leaves, he is not detained. Originally, I did not call this child to come; he came of himself to be born through me, and in dying he has departed of himself. It was not through my power that he came or went; he follows his own past actions, pursued by the lifespan destined for his birth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752~en-mt.1.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說五無返復經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.751b.1.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.752.1.8) · Pramāṇa