百喻经之十：三重楼喻
英文：
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?"
Thereupon, he sent for a carpenter and said, "can you construct an imposing house exactly like that one?"
That carpenter replied, "it's i who built that one."
He went on, "now you may build a house like that one for me."
The carpenter began first to level the ground, afterward laid the foundation stones and then drove in piles for walls.
The stupid man could not make it out when he saw the worker doing all these. he asked,"what are you doing now?"
The carpenter replied, "i'm building three floors."
The stupid man went on, "i don't want the two floors below. you had better start building from the third floor for me."
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?"
The stupid man persisted saying, "but i don't need the two floors below, only the top."
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?
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.
古文：
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：鈥溛矣胁魄患跤诒耍坪吻昀炊辉熳魅缡侵ィ库��
即唤木匠而问言曰：鈥溄庾鞅思叶苏岵唬库��
木匠答言：鈥準俏宜鳌ｂ��
即便语言：鈥溄窨晌以炻ト绫恕ｂ��
是时木匠即便经地垒墼作楼。
愚人见其垒墼作舍，犹怀疑惑，不能了知，而问之言：鈥溣骱蔚龋库��
木匠答言：鈥溩魅匚荨ｂ��
愚人复言：鈥溛也挥露刂荩瓤晌易髯钌衔荨ｂ��
木匠答言：鈥溛抻惺鞘拢『斡胁蛔髯钕轮匚荩迷毂说诙荩坎辉斓诙坪蔚迷斓谌匚荩库��
愚人固言：鈥溛医癫挥孟露匚荩乜晌易髯钌险摺ｂ��
时人闻已，便生怪笑，咸作此言：鈥満斡胁辉斓谝晃荻米钌险撸♀��
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：鈥溛医癫挥�
余下三果，唯求得彼阿罗汉果。鈥澮辔比酥托Γ绫擞拚撸任抻幸臁�
译文：
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：鈥溛业那撇⒉槐人伲裁匆郧懊幌氲皆煲蛔庋穆ツ兀库�澦⒖袒嚼茨窘常实溃衡�溎隳懿荒苷兆拍羌业难釉煲蛔恋穆ィ库�澞窘郴卮鹚担衡�溎亲ゾ褪俏以斓摹ｂ�澑晃瘫闼担衡�溎悄阆衷诰臀以煲蛔衲茄穆ァｂ��
于是木匠便开始量地基，叠砖，造楼。富翁看见木匠叠砖，心生疑惑，不晓得是怎么一回事，就问木匠：鈥溎阏馐谴蛩阍焓裁矗库�澞窘郴卮鸬溃衡�溤烊愕穆パ剑♀�澑晃逃炙担衡�溛也灰旅娑悖阆雀以熳钌弦徊恪ｂ��
木匠答道：鈥溍徽庋氖拢∧挠胁辉熳钕乱徊懵ザ斓诙懵サ模坎辉斓诙懵ビ衷趺刺傅蒙显斓谌懵ツ兀库��
这个愚蠢的富翁固执地说：鈥溛揖褪遣灰旅娑懵ィ阋欢ǖ酶以熳钌弦徊懵ィ♀��
其他的人听到了这件事，都笑话他。
偈曰：无基不为楼，事无侥幸成。
欲证如来果，当把根本修。
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