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[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（二三）贼偷锦绣用裹氀褐喻
(23) Parable [Of The] Thief Stealing Brocade [To] Use [For] Wrapping Felt [And] Coarse Hemp Cloth
昔有贼人入富家舍偷得锦绣，即持用裹故弊氀褐种种财物，为智人所笑。
[In the] past, [there] was [a] thief [who] entered [a] wealthy family’s abode, stealing [to] get brocade, immediately holding [to] use [it, to] wrap old [and] damaged felt, coarse hemp cloth, all kinds [of] money [and] goods, by wise persons [as] that laughed [at].
世间愚人亦复如是，既有信心入佛法中，修行善法及诸功德，以贪利故破于清净戒及诸功德，为世所笑亦复如是。
[The] world’s foolish people [are] likewise thus, [with] existing faithful minds entering within [the] Buddha’s Dharma [teachings], cultivating practices [of] good Dharma [teachings] and all meritorious virtues, with greed [for] benefits thus, [with] destroying of pure precepts and all meritorious virtues, by [the] world [as] those laughed [at, they are] likewise thus.
[Note: With invertedness, the foolish try to attain the precious, but mistake that precious as non-precious, and that non-precious as precious. Even after encountering the Right Dharma (正法) and practising it to some extent, however, lacking adequate understanding, while craving for more worldly benefits, they might break their precepts and create transgressions, thus veering off the right path to Buddhahood.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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