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[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（九二）小儿得欢喜丸喻
[92] Parable [Of The] Small Child Getting Joy Pills
昔有一乳母抱儿涉路，行道疲极眠睡不觉。
[In the] past, [there] was a wet nurse, [who] embraced [a] child [and] set off [on the] road. Travelling [on a] path [with] weariness extreme, [she became] sleepy [and] unconscious.
时有一人持欢喜丸授与小儿，小儿得已贪其美味不顾身物，此人即时解其钳鏁璎珞衣物都尽持去。
Then, [there] was a person holding joy pills, [who] gave [them to the] small child. [The] small child, getting [them] already, greedy [for] their delicious taste, [did] not [have] regard [his] body’s objects. This person immediately loosened his jewellery [and] necklace, [with his] clothing all completely grasped away.
比丘亦尔，乐在众务愦閙之处，贪少利养为烦恼贼夺其功德戒宝璎珞，如彼小儿贪少味故一切所有贼尽持去。
Bhikṣus [are] likewise thus, [with] joy in places of many affairs [and] clamour, greedy [for a] little gain, by afflictions’ thieves snatching [away] their meritorious virtues [and] precepts’ treasure necklaces, [they are] like that small child greedy [for a] little taste, thus [with] all that [he] had [by the] thief completely grasped away.
[Note 1: There should not be unchecked greed for much or even little pleasures of the senses (which might hence grow to become much), while compromising moral integrity and already limited meritorious virtues.]
[Note 2: Already with limited time, we should also not let ourselves be constantly distracted and overwhelmed by worldly busyness, when there should be more focus on actual Dharma learning and practice.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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