《百喻经》
[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（九六）诈称眼盲喻
[96] Parable [Of] Cheating [And] Pretending [To Be With] Eyes Blinded
昔有工匠师，为王作务不堪其苦，诈言眼盲便得脱苦。
[In the] past, [there] was an artisan master, for [the] King working. [When he] could not bear its suffering, [he] lied [by] saying [his] eyes [were] blinded, then getting liberation [from his] suffering.
有余作师闻之，便欲自坏其目用避苦役。
[There] were other working masters [who] heard this, then desiring [to] personally destroy their eyes, using [this to] avoid [their] forced labour.
有人语言：「汝何以自毁？徒受其苦。」
[There] was [a] person [who] said, ‘Why [are] you with self-destruction, in vain receiving this suffering?’
如是愚人为世人所笑。凡夫之人亦复如是，为少名誉及以利养，便故妄语毁坏净戒，身死命终堕三恶道，如彼愚人为少利故自坏其目。
Thus, [these] foolish persons [were] by [the] world’s people [as] those laughed at. Of ordinary beings’ people, [they are] likewise thus, for [a] little fame and with gain, then intentionally [having] false speech, destroying [the] pure precepts. [When their] bodies die [at] life’s end, falling [into the] three evil paths, [they are] like those foolish persons, for little benefits thus personally destroying their eyes.
[Note 1: The three evil paths (三恶道) are the (i) hell-beings’ path (地狱道), (ii) hungry ghosts’ path (饿鬼道) and (iii) animals’ path (畜生道).]
[Note 2: There should never be compromising of moral integrity for little or even much worldly benefits. To do so is to be spiritually short-sighted, leading to suffering later in this life or in future lives.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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