《百喻经》
[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（五〇）医治脊偻喻
(50) Parable [Of] Healing [The] Hunchback
譬如有人卒患脊偻请医疗之，医以酥涂，上下着板，用力痛压，不觉双目一时并出。
For example, [there] was [a] person [who] suddenly [became a] hunchback, [who] invited [a] doctor [to] heal him. [The] doctor, with ghee applied, [and with his] above [and] below attached [with] boards, used strength [to] painfully press [them], not aware [that] both [of his] eyes at once together [came] out.
世间愚人亦复如是，为修福故，治生估贩作诸非法，其事虽成利不补害，将来之世入于地狱，喻双目出。
[The] world’s foolish people [are] likewise thus, for cultivating ‘blessings’ thus, earning [a] living [with] trading [and] selling, doing all [that is] not legal. These matters, although accomplishing benefits, [do] not make up [for their] harms. [In] lives of [the] future, [with] entering of [the] hells, analogous [to having] both eyes [coming] out.
[Note: While there are the foolish who deludedly think they have remedies for physical and mental suffering, there are also the foolish who have blind faith in them, by not learning and enquiring on their methods adequately. Some methods might seem to offer limited benefits in the short term, but lead to much more harms in the long term.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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