老い
長部経典
趣旨一致
長部経典(DN23 §21.13–21.21)
When the boy was ten or twelve years old, the ascetic had some business come up in the country. So he said to the boy, ‘My dear, I wish to go to the country. Serve the sacred flame. Do not extinguish it. But if you should extinguish it, here is the hatchet, the firewood, and the bundle of drill-sticks. Light the fire and serve it.’ And having instructed the boy, the ascetic went to the country. For by means of a simile some sensible people understand the meaning of what is said. But the boy was