百喻经之八十：倒灌喻

　　英文：

　　Once upon a time, there was a man who had a pain in his rear. the doctor said it would be healed by giving an enema. he immediately went to fetch the instruments for that purpose. the patient took the drug before the physician came back. his belly became inflated beyond description. after his return, the doctor wondered what had happened to the patient and asked him the cause of it. to the physician, he replied, "i've just taken the drug for enema. that's why i'm dying."

　　After hearing these words, the doctor scolded him in following words, "you are the most stupid man i've ever met. you are acting against all senses." then he gave him other drugs. the patient vomited and was cured. such a stupid man was laughed at by the people at large.

　　This is also held to be true with the common people. the contemplation in meditation comprises many methods. those who practice meditating on the uncleanness of the human bodies are not appropriate to practice on the counting of the breathings, whereas those who practice the counting of the breathings should not practice the meditating on the six parts of a human body. to turn it upside down without following a fundamental principle will cause life itself. those who bluntly practice the contemplation in meditation without consulting a good master are just like that stupid man taking the wrong thing for his illness.

　　古文：

　　昔有一人患下部病，医言：鈥湹毙氲构啵�乃可瘥耳。鈥澅慵�灌具，欲以灌之。医未至顷，便取服之，腹胀欲死，不能自胜。医既来至，怪其所以，即便问之：鈥満喂嗜缡牵库�澕创鹨窖裕衡�溝蚴惫嘁�，我取服之，是故欲死。鈥�

　　医闻是语，深责之言：鈥溔甏笥奕耍�不解方便。鈥澕锤�以余药服之，方得吐下，尔乃得瘥。鈥澣绱擞奕耍�为世所笑。

　　凡夫之人，亦复如是。欲修学禅观种种方法，应观不净，反观数息；应数息者，反观六界。颠倒上下，无有根本，徒丧身命，为其所困。不谘良师，颠倒禅法，如彼愚人饮服不净。

　　译文：

　　曾有一个人腹部患病了。医生说：鈥溞韫嘁幌鲁Γ�才会好。鈥澅闳グ迅髦止嗑吣寐＠矗�准备给他洗肠。医生离去的那会儿，这人取药吃了下去，结果腹胀得要命，无法忍受。医生回来一见，奇怪了，就问：鈥溛�什么会这样？鈥澦�答道：鈥湼詹诺墓嘁�，我吃下去了，所以难受得要死。鈥澮缴�听罢，狠狠责备道：鈥溎阏獯笥奕耍�不懂用法，从肛门灌的，哪是口服的！鈥澦婕从钟昧硗獾囊└�他吃了下去，方才吐了出来，病才好。这样的愚人，遭世人的嗤笑。

　　凡夫俗子也是这样，想修学禅观的种种方法，应观不净的，反而观数息，应观数息的，反而观地水火风空识等六界的不净和假合。这样颠倒了上下，不了解其中的根本意义，就白白地把生命的大好时光无谓地耗费掉了，到头来还要被它困扰住。不谘询良师，颠倒了禅法，盲修瞎练，就像那个愚人饮服灌药一样。