"I am the father of the world, the best of the sages. All sentient beings are my children. They are deeply attached to worldly pleasures and have no wisdom. There is no peace in the triple world, just like in the burning house, which is full of various suffering and which is extremely terrifying. There are always the sufferings of birth, old age, illness, and death. Such fires as these burn endlessly. The Tathāgata, who has already left the burning house of the triple world, lives in tranquility and dwells at ease in the forest. Now this triple world is my property and the sentient beings in it are my children. There are now many dangers here and I am the only one who can protect them."
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