百喻经之八五：妇女患眼痛喻

　　英文：

　　Once upon a time, there was a woman who had a bad case of sore eyes. another woman told her, "where there are eyes, there are some times pains. although my eyes do not ache now, i want to gouge them out so that they will not ache later."

　　A bystander said, "though it's true that when you have your eyes, they may sometimes ache to disturb you, yet when you don't have them, you'll be sure to suffer for lifetime."

　　This is also held to be true with the common stupid men. people have heard that wealth and fame are the sources of decadence. they are afraid of retribution in the hereafter for not doing almsgiving in their present lives. the more wealth they have, the more troubles they sometimes suffer afterwards. it is said that if you do almsgiving, you may be happy, or you may be not. but if you don't do it, you will surely be the most unhappy man. this is just like that woman who could not bear the thought of having sore eyes, wanted to gouge them out to suffer forever.

　　古文：

　　昔有一女人，极患眼痛。有知识女人问言：鈥溔暄弁匆�？鈥澊鹧裕衡�溠弁础ｂ�澅伺�复言：鈥溣醒郾赝础Ｎ宜湮赐矗�并欲挑眼，恐其后痛。鈥�

　　旁人语言：鈥溠廴粼谡撸�或痛不痛。眼若无者，终身长痛。鈥�

　　凡愚之人，亦复如是。闻富贵者衰患之本，畏不布施，恐后得报，财物殷溢，重受苦恼。有人语言：鈥溔耆羰┱撸�或苦或乐；若不施者，贫穷大苦。鈥澣绫伺�人，不忍近痛，便欲去眼，乃为长痛。

　　译文：

　　曾有一个女人，眼痛得厉害。一位自认有知识的女人问道：鈥溎阊劬ν疵矗库�澦�答道：鈥溠弁春牵♀�澞桥�人又说：鈥溣醒郾囟ㄒ�痛。我如今虽然不痛，却想把眼都挑了，以防止它以后痛。鈥澃�人说道：鈥溠廴羰窃诿矗�或痛，或不痛：眼若是没有了，便会终身长痛。鈥�

　　凡夫愚人也是这样，听说富贵是衰败患难的源头，就畏惧了，索性就不布施了。害怕若是布施的话，以后得了果报，财物越发殷实丰裕起来，那么衰败患难的源头也越发活活而来，肯定更重地受苦恼了。有人说道：鈥溎闳羰遣际┑幕埃�或苦或乐；若是不布施的话，则贫穷大苦。鈥澗拖衲歉雠�人忍不了短暂的痛，便想挑掉双眼，那才是长痛了。