《百喻经》
[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（五四）蛇头尾共争在前喻
(54) Parable [Of The] Snake’s Head [And] Tail Together Disputing [Who To Be] At [The] Front
譬如有蛇，尾语头言：「我应在前。」
For example, [there] is [a] snake, [with the] tail speaking [to the] head, saying, ‘I should [be] at [the] front.’
头语尾言：「我恒在前，何以卒尔？」
[The] head spoke [to the] tail, saying, ‘[As] I [am] constantly at [the] front, why [do you] suddenly [want] thus?’
头果在前，其尾缠树不能得去，放尾在前，即堕火坑烧烂而死。
[With the] head resolutely at [the] front, that tail wound around [a] tree [and the snake was] not able [to] get going. Placing [the] tail at [the] front, then failing [into a] fire pit, [he] burnt completely and died.
师徒弟子亦复如是，言师耆老每恒在前，我诸年少应为导首。
Teachers [and] disciples [are] likewise thus, [with the disciples] saying, ‘[As our] teachers [are] elderly [and] each [is] constantly at [the] front, I [and] all [the] young should be [the] guiding leaders.’
如是年少不闲戒律多有所犯，因即相牵入于地狱。
Thus [are the] young, [who are] not proficient [with the] precepts [and] rules, [with] many having those violated, because [of this] leading one another [to have] entering of [the] hells.
[Note: As the foolish have inverted (颠倒) thinking, they are easily deluded with arrogance, assuming they are already very capable in their Dharma learning and practice, when they are still very incapable. Thus making many ethical mistakes, leading themselves and others to much suffering.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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