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Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra
Thus, O Shraman! O Ayushman! I have declared the Dharma. As long as he, the one who is striving in the Dharma, attains dispassion towards the objects of enjoyment of the divine and human beings; for the objects of enjoyment of human beings are indeed uncertain and impermanent, and are to be abandoned at some point; and the objects of enjoyment of the divine are also uncertain and are to be returned to again and again. If there is a special fruit of this tapas and niyama, then we too will come in the future, in any of these low-born families, or families of the lowest, or families of the poor, or families of the miserly, or families of the beggars, in one of these families, this my soul will be born as a male, and will be able to easily escape from the cycle of existence. This is good.
Tenth Dasha
Word-by-word meaning: O Shraman! O Ayushman! Thus, indeed, I have declared the Dharma. As long as he, the one who is striving in the Dharma, attains dispassion towards the objects of enjoyment of the divine and human beings; for the objects of enjoyment of human beings are indeed uncertain and impermanent, and are to be abandoned at some point; and the objects of enjoyment of the divine are also uncertain and are to be returned to again and again. If there is a special fruit of this tapas and niyama, then we too will come in the future, in any of these low-born families, or families of the lowest, or families of the poor, or families of the miserly, or families of the beggars, in one of these families, this my soul will be born as a male, and will be able to easily escape from the cycle of existence. This is good.
Original meaning: O Ayushman! O Shraman! Thus I have declared the Dharma. He, the one who is striving in the Dharma, attains dispassion towards the objects of enjoyment of the divine and human beings; the objects of enjoyment of human beings are uncertain and impermanent, and are therefore to be abandoned at some point.