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百喻经之四四: 欲食半饼喻

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§44 欲食半饼喻

(44) eating half a pancake

譬如有人,因其饥故,食七枚煎饼。食六枚半已,便得饱满。其人嗔恚,以手自打,而作是言:“我今饱足,由此半饼。然前六饼,唐自捐弃,设知半饼能充足者,应先食之。”

once there was a man who felt hungry and longed to eat seven pancakes. he was already full when he had eaten six pancakes and a half. he was so sorry for having ordered seven of them that he slapped his own face and said, "half a pancake has filled me up. the other six are wasted. if only i had known that, i should have ordered only half a cake."

世间之人,亦复如是。从本以来,无常有乐,然其痴倒,横生乐想。如彼痴人,于半番饼,生于饱想。世人无知,以富贵为乐。夫富贵者,求时甚苦;既获得已,守护亦苦;后还失之,忧念复苦;于三时中,都无有乐。

so are the people at large. there is actually no pleasure in life. there are only illusions, just like the stupid man getting full illusion with half a cake. being ignorant, people view wealth and honor as pleasure. it is sometimes a painful process to get them. it is also sometimes hard to keep them. it is all the more painful when they have lost them. therefore, they give no pleasure to people at all times.

犹如衣食,遮故名乐;于辛苦中,横生乐想。诸佛说言:“三界无安,皆是大苦;凡夫倒惑,横生乐想。”

it is just like people taken in by clothes and food as pleasure. they also bear illusions of the word "pleasure" when they are toiling and moiling. all buddhas have it that the three worlds1 has no peace but great suffering. ignorant man with wrong views still clings desperately to illusions.

白话:

譬如有人因为饿了,一口气吃了七枚煎饼。吃到六枚半的时候,便觉得饱了。这人懊恼后悔起来,抬手打著自己,说:「我现在已饱足了,都赖这半枚饼的原因。前面那六枚饼,就这么空落落地浪费掉了。倘若知道吃了这半个饼就能饱了,应先吃它才是。」

世上的人也是这样,自古以来,就永远没有什么快乐的事情,然而世人痴愚颠倒,横空生出快乐的念头来,就像那个痴人,对半块饼产生会饱的想法。世人实在无知,竟以富贵为乐。那富贵么,追求之际很苦,待到获得了,守护住它也很苦,此后一旦又失去了,忧思念想又是苦,在早中晚三时中,都没有什么快乐。就好比衣食可以遮寒祛饥,便在辛苦营求中横空生出快乐的念头来。诸佛都说:「欲界、色界、无色界这三界中都没有什么安乐,只都是大苦而已。」世上的人颠倒迷惑的缘故,方才横空生出快乐的念头来。

这故事比喻∶修行的人,勤苦修学经历多时,才有贯通言证的一旦,不经多时的勤修,但羡一旦的悟证,正同那人吃饼的痴想,是不可能的。

供您思考:

圣法法师在《百喻故事广释》中说:世间万事不论成功与失败,好事或是坏事,都有过去累积下来的原因。古人说:‘十年寒窗无人问,一举成名天下知。’没有十年寒窗,哪有一举成名呢?就最常见的感冒来说,虽然是一时的著凉而引起,究其因也是身体虚弱的关系,身体虚弱即有很多的原因,过去保养不好或饮食卫生不好慢慢积来的原因。这样说每一件事情都有过去的因,才有现在的果了。可是有人偏偏不究其来因,而从现在果去钻牛角尖,生无谓的苦恼,你说可怜不可怜呢?

从前有一位穷苦的人每天都到山上去砍柴,砍的柴挑到街上去卖,所得的代价勉强维持他们一家人的生活。有一天在山坡砍柴,因为足未站稳而从山坡跌下来,身上受了些轻伤,晚上回家邻人问他说:‘听说你今天在山上跌下来,有否受伤呢?’‘受了些轻微的伤,算不了什么,倒是今天运气不好,是个坏日子,早知今天日子不好,宁愿在家里挨饿,也不会上山!’

以后穷人也照常每天都上山砍柴,受伤即怪日子不好,我想世界这么广大,每天都有人好,有人坏,究竟哪一个日子好,哪一个日子不好呢?同年同月同时生的人也不一定同时成功或同时失败,究竟谁该受灾殃,谁该幸福,有没有定数呢?

有一天穷人工作超过时间而肚子饿了,将卖柴的钱买了七个饼,吃了一个无济于事,吃三个四个五个也不饱,当吃六个半的时候肚子已经饱了,这位穷人就很懊悔地说:‘早知这个饼能填饱肚子,就只买这一个好了,何必花那么多冤枉钱,买了七个,唉,实在太可惜。’傍人听到了,谓为痴人说梦话,世间竟有这样傻的人。

一座山是许多尘砂积起来的,一颗树也由一粒种子生根发芽,慢慢长大而来的。一个人的身体也是许多细胞组成的,世间万事万物都是一点一滴累积下来的结果。

一个人的富贵贫贱,智愚贤不肖,有其远因,也有近因,也有许多的助缘,是慢慢累积下来的成果。一个有德有行、有智慧的人或是凶恶奸诈的人,一般人以为是天生自然的,其实世间万事都有因才有果。智慧德行、凶恶奸诈、善性恶性,都是累生累世积习而来的。

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