百喻经之十: 三重楼喻
§10 三重楼喻
(10) three - storied house
往昔之世，有富愚人，痴无所知。到余富家，见三重楼，高广严丽，轩敞疏朗，心生渴仰，即作是念：“我有财钱，不减于彼，云何顷来而不造作如是之楼？”
once there was an ignorant rich man who, one day, went to another rich man's three-storied house. struck with admiration by the imposing, spacious, airy and well - lighted building, he said to himself, "i'm no less rich than he. why don't i have the same house built as this one?"
即唤木匠而问言曰：“解作彼家端正舍不？”
thereupon, he sent for a carpenter and said, "can you construct an imposing house exactly like that one?"
木匠答言：“是我所作。”
that carpenter replied, "it's i who built that one."
即便语言：“今可为我造楼如彼。”
he went on, "now you may build a house like that one for me."
是时木匠即便经地垒墼作楼。
the carpenter began first to level the ground, afterward laid the foundation stones and then drove in piles for walls.
愚人见其垒墼作舍，犹怀疑惑，不能了知，而问之言：“欲作何等？”
the stupid man could not make it out when he saw the worker doing all these. he asked,"what are you doing now?"
木匠答言：“作三重屋。”
the carpenter replied, "i'm building three floors."
愚人复言：“我不欲下二重之屋，先可为我作最上屋。”
the stupid man went on, "i don't want the two floors below. you had better start building from the third floor for me."
木匠答言：“无有是事！何有不作最下重屋，而得造彼第二之屋？不造第二，云何得造第三重屋？”
the carpenter answered, "it's impossible. if i don't begin with the ground floor, how can i build the second? if i don't build the two below, how can i build the third floor?"
愚人固言：“我今不用下二重屋，必可为我作最上者。”
the stupid man persisted saying, "but i don't need the two floors below, only the top."
时人闻已，便生怪笑，咸作此言：“何有不造第一屋而得最上者！”
hearing those words, his contemporaries sardonically laughed at him. they all said how could one have the top floor done without building the lower floors?
譬如世尊四辈弟子，不能精勤修敬三宝，懒惰懈怠，欲求道果，而作是言：“我今不用
余下三果，唯求得彼阿罗汉果。”亦为时人之所嗤笑，如彼愚者，等无有异。
sakyamuni's four degrees of disciples who are unable to practice earnestly buddhism and respect the three precious ones, wanted to attain the path of deliverance by leading an idle life. they said, "we don't need the first three degrees below, but seek only that of arahant's."
there was no difference between the stupid rich man and those disciples who were also laughed at by their contemporaries.
注释：
⑴ 这是《百喻经》第10个故事，好高骛远的人总想一步登天，而实际是不可能的。任何事情，都必须脚踏实地，万丈高楼从地而起。
⑵ 三重：重，层；三重，三层。
⑶ 轩敞疏朗：轩敞，高大宽敞；疏朗，空气流通而明亮。
⑷ 渴仰：渴望羡慕。
⑸ 解作彼家：会建造像那一家的房子。
⑹ 经地垒墼（jī ）：经地，丈量地基；垒墼，堆砌砖块、砖坯。
⑺ 固：固执，坚持的意思。
⑻ 四辈弟子：佛教用语。亦称“四众”、“四部弟子”等。即比丘、比丘尼、优婆塞、优婆夷等信众。
⑼ 三宝：佛教称佛、法、僧为三宝。佛指释迦牟尼；法指教义、原理；僧指信众。
⑽ 道果：通过修行，脱离世俗，断灭一切烦恼、自我，达到解脱的“涅槃”境界。
⑾ 三果：小乘佛教关于修道的几个阶段。共分四果。须陀洹，汉译为“入流”等，意为初入圣道，是第一果；斯陀含，汉译为“一来”，意为意念未脱尽，还有一往来，是第二果；阿那含，汉译为“不还”等，意为欲望烦恼已经断绝，不再回到欲界，是第三果；阿罗汉，小乘佛教把佛弟子修行达到的最高境地称“阿罗汉”，是第四果。
白话：
从前有个富翁，愚蠢无知。有一次，他到另一个富翁的家里，看见一座三层的楼房，楼又高又大，富丽堂皇，宽敞明朗，他十分羡慕，心里想：“我的钱财并不比他少，为什么以前没想到造一座这样的楼呢？”他立刻唤来木匠，问道：“你能不能照着那家的样子造一座漂亮的楼？”木匠回答说：“那座楼就是我造的。”富翁便说：“那你现在就为我造一座像那样的楼。”
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