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title: 百喻經 38 飲木筩水喻 The Water Bucket
description: "38 The Water Bucket"
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38 The Water Bucket

38飲木筩水喻

Once there was a man who was thirsty and tired from traveling. He drank some fresh water that was running into a wooden bucket. Having drunk his fill, he raised his hands in front of the wooden bucket and said to the water, 「I』ve had enough to drink. Stop flowing!」

But the water kept on flowing. Then the man got angry and yelled, 「I』ve had enough to drink and I told you to stop. Why don』t you listen?」 An onlooker said to him, 「You are very foolish and ignorant. Why don』t you just leave?」 Then he drew him away.

People of the world are this way, too. Someone driven by the thirsty craving of birth and death drinks the salty water of the five desires, After getting tired of the five desires, he says to them, 「Get out of my sight—form, sounds, smells, and tastes!」 and yet the five desires continue without cease. Then the person gets angry and yells, 「Quickly get out of my sight! Why do you keep arising so that I have to look at you?」

A wise man tells him, 「If you wish to separate from the five desires, gather in your six senses organs by closing your mind. If polluted thinking does not arise, you will achieve liberation. Why do you need to tell them to be out of your sight so they won』t arise again?」 This is just like the story of the foolish man who drank the water.

譯文

從前有一個人，一路走來，口渴身乏，見木筩中有清淨流水，便就著喝起來。待到喝足了，便舉手指著木筩說：「我已喝夠了，水你不要再流出來了。」雖然說了這話，水依然流個不止，這人就大怒道：「我喝夠了，叫你不要來了，為何依舊來?」有人見了，說：「你這大愚癡，沒有智慧，你為何不離去，卻說水不要再來?」隨即把他拉走了。

世上的人也是這樣，出于生死渴愛的緣故，暢飲那色、聲、香、味、觸這五欲咸水。五欲既已得到了滿足，就如那人飲水飽足了，便疲乏厭倦起來，說：「你們這些色聲香味，不要再來讓我見到了。」然而這五欲相續不斷，綿綿不絕。世上的人見了，便怒道：「叫你們速速滅去，不要再產生，為何依然來，讓我見到呢?」這時有智人對他說：「你想要離卻五欲，應當收攝你眼耳鼻舌身意這六根所產生的情識，關閉心中的思量，這樣，妄想就不會出現，便可以得到解脫。何必眼不見，方可不生貪戀呢?」就像那飲水的愚人一樣。

原典

昔有一人，行來渴乏，見木筩中有清淨流水，就而飲之。飲水已足，即便舉手語木筩言：「我已飲竟，水莫復來。」雖作是語，水流如故。便瞋恚言：「我已飲竟，語汝莫來，何以故來?」有人見之，言：「汝大愚癡，無有智慧。汝何以不去，語言莫來?」即為挽卻，牽余處去。

世間之人亦復如是，為生死渴愛，飲五欲①咸水。既為五欲之所疲厭，如彼飲足，便作是言：「汝色聲香味莫復更來，使我見也。」然此五欲相續不斷。既見之已，便復瞋恚：「語汝速滅，莫復更生，何以故來，使我見之?」時有智人而語之言：「汝欲得離者，當攝汝六情，閉其心意，妄想不生，便得解脫。何必不見，欲使不生?」如彼飲水愚人，等無有異。

注釋

①五欲：又作五妙欲、妙五欲，指染著色、聲、香、味、觸等五境所起的五種情欲。即色欲、聲欲、香欲、味欲、觸欲。

源流

《大正句王經》卷上：往昔有一聚落，其中人民不識螺相，亦復未曾聞其螺聲。忽有一人從外而來，到彼聚落，而便止住。是人常持一螺，以為功業，每日執螺，詣于聖像，鳴螺供養。一切人民，忽聞螺聲，咸悉驚怪，共往螺處，問彼螺言：「爾從何來?可依實答。若不言實，我當破汝。」螺既無情，豈能言答?(《大正藏》第一冊第八三三頁)