佛說五無返復經 1.10

1.10

The sister immediately spoke a parable to the brahmacārin, saying, "We siblings are like craftsmen who enter the mountains to chop timber and bind a raft on the water. Suddenly encountering a great wind, the raft is broken and scattered, drifting along with the current, separated ahead and behind, unable to look out for one another. My brother is also like this: through such past causes and conditions, we temporarily gathered together and were born in one family. According to whether lifespan is long or short, death is impermanent, and what comes together must part. Now that my brother's life has ended, each follows their own actions. When the retribution of impermanence arrives, one follows one's own past actions, and we cannot save each other."