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如霜雪。随流刺之。苦痛不可言。后日道人渡恒水在正与鬼神相值。其鬼便出半身在水上。捉船顾言。捉道人著水中。不者尽杀船上人。时有一贤者便问鬼神。何以故索是道人。鬼神言。我在世间时供养道人。道人心知我杀猪卖肉。而不呵诫我。是以杀道人耳。贤者便言。君坐杀猪乃致此罪。今复欲杀道人。罪岂不多乎。鬼神思惟实如贤者之言。便放令去。道人得去还语其家子孙。为作追福。神即得免苦。示语后世人。道人受供养不可不教诫。 昔有人在道上行。见道有一死人。鬼神以杖鞭之。行人问言。此人已死何故鞭之。鬼神言。是我故身。在生之日不孝父母。事君不忠。不敬三尊。不随师父之教。令我堕罪苦痛难言。悉我故身故来鞭耳。稍稍前行复见一死人。天神来下散华于死人尸上。以手摩挲之。行人问言。观君似是天。何故摩挲是死尸。答曰。是我故身生时之日孝顺父母。忠信事君。奉敬三尊。承受师父之教。令我神得生天。皆是故身之恩。是以来报之耳。行人一日见此二变。便还家奉持五戒修行十善。孝顺父母忠信事君。示语后世人。罪福追人久而不置。不可不慎。 昔有道人。在山中学道。人遣沙弥出舍卫。日日责一斗米兼课一偈。市中有一坐肆贤者。见沙弥并语而行。问沙弥言。周行走 现代汉语译本： 如同霜雪般寒冷。随着水流刺入身体，痛苦难以言说。后来，一位道人在恒河边渡河，正巧与鬼神相遇。那鬼便露出半身在水面上，抓住船舷说道：‘把那道人扔到水里，不然就杀光船上所有人。’当时有一位贤者便问鬼神：‘你为什么要找这位道人？’鬼神说：‘我在世的时候供养道人，道人心知我杀猪卖肉，却不劝诫我，因此要杀他。’贤者便说：‘你因为杀猪而获此罪报，如今又想杀道人，罪过岂不是更多？’鬼神思索，觉得贤者说得有理，便放他们离去。道人脱险后，回去告诉他的子孙，为鬼神做追福，鬼神才得以免除痛苦。这是告诫后世的人，道人接受供养，不可不加以教诫。 从前有个人在路上走，看见路边有一具死尸。有个鬼神用棍子鞭打那死尸。行人问道：‘这人已经死了，为什么还要鞭打他？’鬼神说：‘这是我以前的身体。他在世的时候不孝顺父母，侍奉君主不忠诚，不尊敬三宝，不听从师父的教诲，使我堕入罪恶，痛苦难言。这都是我以前的身体造成的，所以来鞭打他。’稍稍往前走，又看见一具死尸。天神降临，在死尸上散花，用手抚摸它。行人问道：‘看您像是天神，为什么抚摸这具死尸？’天神回答说：‘这是我以前的身体。他在世的时候孝顺父母，忠诚地侍奉君主，恭敬三宝，接受师父的教诲，使我神魂得以升天。这都是我以前身体的恩德，所以前来报答。’行人一天之内见到这两种变化，便回家奉持五戒，修行十善，孝顺父母，忠诚地侍奉君主。这是告诫后世的人，罪恶和福报追随人，长久不会停止，不可不谨慎。 从前有个道人，在山中学道。有人派遣沙弥离开舍卫城，每天索要一斗米，并要求背诵一首偈语。市集中有一位开店的贤者，看见沙弥边走边背诵偈语，便问沙弥说：‘你四处奔走……’
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English version: Like frost and snow. The piercing pain as it flows with the current is indescribable. Later, a Daoist was crossing the Heng River and encountered a ghost. The ghost revealed half of its body above the water, grabbed the boat, and said, 'Throw the Daoist into the water, or I will kill everyone on the boat.' At that time, a wise man asked the ghost, 'Why do you seek this Daoist?' The ghost said, 'When I was alive, I made offerings to the Daoist. The Daoist knew that I slaughtered pigs and sold meat, but he did not admonish me. Therefore, I will kill him.' The wise man then said, 'You have incurred this punishment for slaughtering pigs, and now you want to kill the Daoist, wouldn't your sin be even greater?' The ghost pondered and realized that the wise man's words were true, so he let them go. After escaping danger, the Daoist returned and told his descendants to perform meritorious deeds for the ghost, so that the ghost could be freed from suffering. This is to warn future generations that Daoists who receive offerings must be admonished. Once upon a time, there was a man walking on the road who saw a dead body by the roadside. A ghost was whipping the dead body with a stick. The traveler asked, 'This person is already dead, why are you still whipping him?' The ghost said, 'This is my former body. When he was alive, he was not filial to his parents, disloyal to his ruler, disrespectful to the Three Jewels (Sanbao), and did not follow the teachings of his teacher, causing me to fall into sin and suffer unspeakable pain. This is all caused by my former body, so I am here to whip him.' Walking a little further, he saw another dead body. A heavenly being descended, scattering flowers on the dead body and stroking it with his hand. The traveler asked, 'You seem to be a heavenly being, why are you stroking this dead body?' The heavenly being replied, 'This is my former body. When he was alive, he was filial to his parents, loyal to his ruler, respectful to the Three Jewels (Sanbao), and accepted the teachings of his teacher, allowing my spirit to be reborn in heaven. This is all thanks to the kindness of my former body, so I have come to repay him.' The traveler saw these two changes in one day, and returned home to uphold the Five Precepts, practice the Ten Virtues, be filial to his parents, and loyally serve his ruler. This is to warn future generations that sin and blessings follow people and will not cease for a long time, so one must be cautious. Once there was a Daoist who was studying the Dao in the mountains. Someone sent a Shami (novice monk) out of Shravasti (a major city in ancient India) to demand a dou (a unit of measurement) of rice every day and to recite a verse. In the market, there was a wise man who ran a shop. He saw the Shami walking and reciting verses, and asked the Shami, 'Why are you walking around...' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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索何以并语而行。沙弥答言。我师在山中学道。日责我米一斗兼课一偈。是以并行诵一偈耳。贤者复问。若不输米日可谙几偈。言可谙十偈。贤者便言。勿复分行。吾自代沙弥输米。沙弥欢喜即得静坐学问。贤者为沙弥输米九斛米。然后试沙弥经皆自通利。贤者后生世间为天尊作弟子。字名阿难。天尊有十二部经典。聪明之福报不可谓问一知十。示语后世人。福德随身如影随形。随人所种各获其福。不可不为。 昔有屠儿有千头牛养令肥好。日杀一牛卖肉。以杀五百牛。余有五百头。方共跳腾諠戏共相抵触。天尊时入国。见牛如此愍而舍去。语诸弟子。此牛愚痴。伴侣欲尽方共戏諠。人亦如是。一日过去。人命转减不可不思惟勤求度世之道。 天尊说阿育王譬喻经 现代汉语译本： 贤者问沙弥：‘你为何要一边走路一边念诵？’沙弥回答说：‘我的师父在山中修道，每天责令我交一斗米，并且要背诵一首偈。因此我才一边走路一边念诵一首偈。’贤者又问：‘如果不交米，你一天可以背诵几首偈？’沙弥说：‘可以背诵十首偈。’贤者便说：‘不要再分着走路念诵了，我来代替沙弥你交米。’沙弥欢喜，因此得以专心**学习。贤者为沙弥交了九斛米。然后测试沙弥，发现他所学的经典都通达顺利。贤者后来转生到世间，成为天尊（佛陀）的弟子，名叫阿难（Ānanda，佛陀十大弟子之一，以记忆力强闻名）。天尊有十二部经典，阿难因为聪明而得到的福报，可以达到闻一知十的程度。这是为了告诫后世的人，福德会像影子一样跟随自身，人们所种下的善因，会各自获得相应的福报，所以不可不做善事。 过去有个屠夫，养了一千头牛，把它们养得肥壮。每天杀一头牛卖肉。已经杀了五百头牛，还剩下五百头牛。这些牛却一起跳跃喧闹，互相抵触。天尊（佛陀）当时进入这个国家，看到牛这样，怜悯它们而离开了。告诉众弟子说：‘这些牛真是愚痴啊，同伴快要被杀光了，还在那里嬉戏喧闹。人也是这样，一天天过去，人的寿命也在不断减少，不可不思考并勤奋寻求度过生死轮回的道路。’ 天尊（佛陀）宣说了阿育王（Ashoka，印度孔雀王朝的国王，后皈依佛教，大力弘扬佛法）譬喻经。
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English version: The wise man asked the novice: 'Why do you walk and recite at the same time?' The novice replied, 'My master is practicing the Way in the mountains. Every day he requires me to provide one dou (斗, a unit of dry measure) of rice and also to memorize one verse. That's why I walk and recite one verse at the same time.' The wise man further asked, 'If you didn't have to provide rice, how many verses could you memorize in a day?' The novice said, 'I could memorize ten verses.' The wise man then said, 'Don't walk and recite separately anymore. I will provide the rice for you in place of the novice.' The novice was delighted and was thus able to concentrate on **learning. The wise man provided nine hu (斛, another unit of dry measure, larger than dou) of rice for the novice. Then, he tested the novice and found that he was fluent and proficient in all the scriptures he had learned. Later, the wise man was reborn into the world as a disciple of the Celestial Honored One (Tian Zun, a title for the Buddha), with the name Ānanda (阿难, one of the Buddha's ten principal disciples, known for his excellent memory). The Celestial Honored One had twelve divisions of scriptures. Ānanda's blessings from his intelligence were such that he could understand ten things from hearing one. This is to instruct people of later generations that blessings and virtue follow the body like a shadow follows a form. People reap the blessings according to what they sow, so one should not fail to do good deeds.' In the past, there was a butcher who raised a thousand head of cattle, fattening them up. He slaughtered one cow each day to sell the meat. After slaughtering five hundred cows, there were five hundred cows remaining. These cows were still jumping, frolicking, and butting each other. The Celestial Honored One (Tian Zun, a title for the Buddha) entered the country at that time, saw the cows like this, felt compassion for them, and left. He told his disciples, 'These cows are truly foolish. Their companions are about to be slaughtered, yet they are still playing and frolicking. People are also like this. As each day passes, people's lives are constantly decreasing. One must contemplate and diligently seek the path to transcend the cycle of birth and death.' The Celestial Honored One (Tian Zun, a title for the Buddha) spoke the Ashoka (阿育王, an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who converted to Buddhism and promoted it widely) Parable Sutra. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------