(86) THE FATHER AND HIS SON'S EARRINGS
Once upon a time, there were a man and his son taking a business trip together. On their way, they came across robbers trying to rob the valuable things off them. The son had a pair of pure gold earrings on. When the father saw the robbers approaching, he tried to pull the rings off to hide them. As he did not succeed in doing that in a hurry, he cut his son's head off. When the robbers went away, he tried to put the son's head back on where it had been. No success came out of it.
Such a stupid was laughed at by the people at large.
For fame and gain, people argue with a joking expression on the following subjects:
(1) There is the present life and the hereafter and there is not.
(2) There is the intermediate existence between death and reincarnation and there is not.
(3) There are several qualities of the mind and there are not.
Such foolish arguments are not real Buddhist teachings. According to the Law of Buddhism, there are no such sayings in the Buddhist doctrine, others refute.
Stupid men who tell stories in order to win a little fame and gain, lose the profit resulted from the practices of monks. Furthermore, they will fall into the Three Evil Paths of Transmigration after the decay of their bodies or at their death's door.
This is just like that stupid man who cut his son's head off for a pair of gold earrings.
86父取儿耳珰喻
昔有父子二人缘事共行，路贼卒起，欲来剥之。其儿耳中有真金珰，其父见贼卒发，畏失耳珰，即便以手挽之，耳不时决，为耳珰故，便斩儿头。须臾之间，贼便弃去。还以儿头着以肩上，不可平复。如是愚人，为世间所笑。
凡夫之人亦复如是，为名利故，造作戏论，言二世有二世无，中阴有中阴无，心数法有心数法无，种种妄想，不得法实。他人以如法论破其所论，便言我论中都无是说。如是愚人，为小名利，便故妄语，丧沙门道果，身坏命终，堕三恶道，如彼愚人，为少利故，斩其儿头。
Once upon a time, there were a man and his son taking a business trip together. On their way, they came across robbers trying to rob the valuable things off them. The son had a pair of pure gold earrings on. When the father saw the robbers approaching, he tried to pull the rings off to hide them. As he did not succeed in doing that in a hurry, he cut his son's head off. When the robbers went away, he tried to put the son's head back on where it had been. No success came out of it.
Such a stupid was laughed at by the people at large.
For fame and gain, people argue with a joking expression on the following subjects:
(1) There is the present life and the hereafter and there is not.
(2) There is the intermediate existence between death and reincarnation and there is not.
(3) There are several qualities of the mind and there are not.
Such foolish arguments are not real Buddhist teachings. According to the Law of Buddhism, there are no such sayings in the Buddhist doctrine, others refute.
Stupid men who tell stories in order to win a little fame and gain, lose the profit resulted from the practices of monks. Furthermore, they will fall into the Three Evil Paths of Transmigration after the decay of their bodies or at their death's door.
This is just like that stupid man who cut his son's head off for a pair of gold earrings.
昔有父子二人缘事共行，路贼卒起，欲来剥之。其儿耳中有真金珰，其父见贼卒发，畏失耳珰，即便以手挽之，耳不时决，为耳珰故，便斩儿头。须臾之间，贼便弃去。还以儿头着以肩上，不可平复。如是愚人，为世间所笑。
凡夫之人亦复如是，为名利故，造作戏论，言二世有二世无，中阴有中阴无，心数法有心数法无，种种妄想，不得法实。他人以如法论破其所论，便言我论中都无是说。如是愚人，为小名利，便故妄语，丧沙门道果，身坏命终，堕三恶道，如彼愚人，为少利故，斩其儿头。
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