Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa
An English translation of this famous life of the Buddha, one of the great pieces of Sanskrit literature, with additions to help complete the text.
An English translation of this famous life of the Buddha, one of the great pieces of Sanskrit literature, with additions to help complete the text.
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<strong>Buddha</strong>-<strong>carita</strong>, <strong>or</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong> - 114<br />
separation will still come again, it is f<strong>or</strong> this that I abandon my<br />
father, however loving.<br />
33. ‘I do not however approve that thou shouldst consider the king’s<br />
grief as caused <strong>by</strong> me, when in the midst <strong>of</strong> his dream-like unions he<br />
is afflicted <strong>by</strong> thoughts <strong>of</strong> separations in the future.<br />
34. ‘Thus let thy thoughts settle into certainty, having seen the<br />
multif<strong>or</strong>m in its various developments; neither a son n<strong>or</strong> kindred is<br />
the cause <strong>of</strong> s<strong>or</strong>row, – this s<strong>or</strong>row is only caused <strong>by</strong> ign<strong>or</strong>ance.<br />
35. ‘Since parting is inevitably fixed in the course <strong>of</strong> time f<strong>or</strong> all<br />
beings, just as f<strong>or</strong> travellers who have joined company on a road, –<br />
what wise man would cherish s<strong>or</strong>row, when he loses his kindred, even<br />
though he loves them?<br />
36. ‘Leaving his kindred in another w<strong>or</strong>ld, he departs hither; and<br />
having stolen away from them here, he goes f<strong>or</strong>th once m<strong>or</strong>e; "having<br />
gone thither, go thou elsewhere also," – such is the lot <strong>of</strong> mankind, –<br />
what consideration can the yogin have f<strong>or</strong> them?<br />
37. ‘Since from the moment <strong>of</strong> leaving the womb death is a<br />
characteristic adjunct, why, in thy affection f<strong>or</strong> thy son, hast thou<br />
called my departure to the f<strong>or</strong>est ill-timed?<br />
38. ‘There may be an "ill time" in one’s attaining a w<strong>or</strong>ldly object, –<br />
time indeed is described as inseparably connected with all things; time
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