《百喻经》
[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（一六）灌甘蔗喻
(16) Parable [Of] Irrigating Sugar Cane
昔有二人共种甘蔗，而作誓言：「种好者赏，其不好者当重罚之。」
[In the] past, [there] were two persons together planting sugar cane, then making [this] vow, saying, ‘That [person who] plants well [will be] rewarded, [and for] that [who does] not [plant] well, [there] will [be] heavy punishment [for] him.’
时二人中，一者念言：「甘蔗极甜，若压取汁还灌甘蔗树，甘美必甚，得胜于彼。」
Then, within [the] two persons, [was] one thinking [and] saying, ‘[As] sugar cane [is] extremely sweet, if pressing [to] obtain [its] juice, returning [to] irrigate [the] sugar cane tree [with it, the] sweetness [will] definitely [be] extreme, [thus] attaining victory over [the] other [person].’
即压甘蔗取汁用溉，冀望滋味返败种子，所有甘蔗一切都失。
[He] immediately pressed sugar cane [to] obtain juice, [and] used [it to] irrigate, hoping [for its] taste, instead ruining [the] seeds, all [the] sugar cane [were] all lost.
世人亦尔，欲求善福，恃己豪贵专形侠势，迫胁下民陵夺财物，用作福本期善果，不知将来反获其患殃，如压甘蔗彼此都失。
[The] world’s people [are] likewise thus, desiring [to] seek good blessings, relying upon [their] own power [and] wealth, focusing [on] appearing [to be with] resolute power, coercing lower people, encroaching on [and] robbing [their] wealth [and] property. [With] making [of] blessings originally hoping [for] good fruits, not knowing [they will in the] future, instead obtain suffering [from] misfortunes, [they are] like that [person] pressing sugar cane, [with] one another all lost.
[Note: Greed for more wealth and power, and delusion from arrogance will deplete and destroy what is originally adequate and sensible.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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