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Once a man went to the [[mountains]] to study the Way and became an [[immortal]] replete with the five [[spiritual]] penetrations. With his [[heavenly]] [[eye]], he could clearly discern all the [[treasures]] hidden in the [[earth]]. When the [[king]] heard about him, he was [[elated]]. He said to his ministers, “In what way can we make this [[person]] remain in our country forever and not move to another place? Then our treasury will always be filled with rare [[jewels]].” | Once a man went to the [[mountains]] to study the Way and became an [[immortal]] replete with the five [[spiritual]] penetrations. With his [[heavenly]] [[eye]], he could clearly discern all the [[treasures]] hidden in the [[earth]]. When the [[king]] heard about him, he was [[elated]]. He said to his ministers, “In what way can we make this [[person]] remain in our country forever and not move to another place? Then our treasury will always be filled with rare [[jewels]].” | ||
| − | A certain [[foolish]] minister went on his own to the [[immortal]], plucked out his [[eyes]], and presented them to the [[king]], saying, “I have plucked out the immortal’s [[eyes]] so that he won’t be able to leave but will always remain in our country.” The [[king]] told the minister, “The [[reason]] I wanted the [[immortal]] to stay here was so that he could see all the [[treasures]] hidden in the [[earth]]. But now that you have plucked out his [[eyes]], what use could they be?” | + | A certain [[foolish]] [[minister]] went on his [[own]] to the [[immortal]], plucked out his [[eyes]], and presented them to the [[king]], saying, “I have plucked out the immortal’s [[eyes]] so that he won’t be able to leave but will always remain in our country.” The [[king]] told the [[minister]], “The [[reason]] I wanted the [[immortal]] to stay here was so that he could see all the [[treasures]] hidden in the [[earth]]. But now that you have plucked out his [[eyes]], what use could they be?” |
| − | [[Worldly]] [[people]] behave in the same way. They see someone practicing [[dhutanga]] ([[bitter]]) practices in the mountain groves, the wilderness, the graveyards, or underneath [[trees]], cultivating the four ceasings of the [[mind]] and the contemplation of [[impurity]] These [[people]] then force the cultivator to go to their homes where they ply him with many kinds of [[offerings]]. Thus they ruin his [[wholesome]] [[dharmas]], so that he is no longer able to achieve the [[fruition]] of the Way. By plucking out the cultivator’s [[eyes]] of the Way, all benefits are lost, and they end up with absolutely nothing. They are just like that [[foolish]] minister who for no [[reason]] destroyed the immortal’s [[eyes]]. | + | [[Worldly]] [[people]] behave in the same way. They see someone practicing [[dhutanga]] ([[bitter]]) practices in the mountain groves, the wilderness, the graveyards, or underneath [[trees]], [[cultivating]] the four ceasings of the [[mind]] and the contemplation of [[impurity]] These [[people]] then force the cultivator to go to their homes where they ply him with many kinds of [[offerings]]. Thus they ruin his [[wholesome]] [[dharmas]], so that he is no longer able to achieve the [[fruition]] of the Way. By plucking out the cultivator’s [[eyes]] of the Way, all benefits are lost, and they end up with absolutely nothing. They are just like that [[foolish]] [[minister]] who for no [[reason]] destroyed the immortal’s [[eyes]]. |
Latest revision as of 05:09, 17 March 2015
Hundred Parables Sutra
Parable: Blinding the Immortal Who Had Gained the Five Penetrations
Once a man went to the mountains to study the Way and became an immortal replete with the five spiritual penetrations. With his heavenly eye, he could clearly discern all the treasures hidden in the earth. When the king heard about him, he was elated. He said to his ministers, “In what way can we make this person remain in our country forever and not move to another place? Then our treasury will always be filled with rare jewels.”
A certain foolish minister went on his own to the immortal, plucked out his eyes, and presented them to the king, saying, “I have plucked out the immortal’s eyes so that he won’t be able to leave but will always remain in our country.” The king told the minister, “The reason I wanted the immortal to stay here was so that he could see all the treasures hidden in the earth. But now that you have plucked out his eyes, what use could they be?”
Worldly people behave in the same way. They see someone practicing dhutanga (bitter) practices in the mountain groves, the wilderness, the graveyards, or underneath trees, cultivating the four ceasings of the mind and the contemplation of impurity These people then force the cultivator to go to their homes where they ply him with many kinds of offerings. Thus they ruin his wholesome dharmas, so that he is no longer able to achieve the fruition of the Way. By plucking out the cultivator’s eyes of the Way, all benefits are lost, and they end up with absolutely nothing. They are just like that foolish minister who for no reason destroyed the immortal’s eyes.
