相应部第 15 相应（Sujato 英译）第 3 阅读页 · SN15.3 · Tears

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TearsTearsAt Sāvatthī.At Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.

No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.What do you think? Which is more: the flow of tears you’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time—weeping and wailing from being coupled with the unloved and separated from the loved—or the water in the four oceans?”What do you think? Which is more: the flow of tears you’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time—weeping and wailing from being coupled with the unloved and separated from the loved—or the water in the four oceans?”“As we understand the Buddha’s teaching, the flow of tears we’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is more than the water in the four oceans.”“As we understand the Buddha’s teaching, the flow of tears we’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is more than the water in the four oceans.”

“Good, good, mendicants! It’s good that you understand my teaching like this.“Good, good, mendicants! It’s good that you understand my teaching like this.The flow of tears you’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is indeed more than the water in the four oceans.The flow of tears you’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is indeed more than the water in the four oceans.For a long time you’ve undergone the death of a mother …For a long time you’ve undergone the death of a mother …

father …father …brother …brother …sister …sister …

son …son …daughter …daughter …loss of relatives …loss of relatives …

loss of wealth …loss of wealth …or loss through illness. From being coupled with the unloved and separated from the loved, the flow of tears you’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is indeed more than the water in the four oceans.or loss through illness. From being coupled with the unloved and separated from the loved, the flow of tears you’ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is indeed more than the water in the four oceans.Why is that?Why is that?

This transmigration has no known beginning. …This transmigration has no known beginning. …This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”