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        百喻經之十七: 債半錢喻

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        §17 債半錢喻

        (17) a debt of half a cent

        往有商人,貸他半錢,久不得償,即便往債。前有大河,雇他兩錢,然后得渡。到彼往債,竟不得見。來還渡河,復雇兩錢。

        once a merchant lent half a cent to a man who then took a long time repaying him. the merchant went to the man to ask him to clear the debt sooner. to go there, he had to pay two cents as ferry fare to cross a wide river. the debtor was not at home when he arrived there. on his trip back, he had to pay as much again. it amounted to four cents in total.

        為半錢債,而失四錢,兼有道路疲勞乏困。所債甚少,所失極多。果被眾人之所怪笑。

        for a debt of half a cent, the merchant lost four cents. moreover, he got very tired from his journey. he lost a great more than what he stood to gain. as a result, he was sardonically laughed at.

        世人亦爾,要少名利,致毀大行。茍容己身,不顧禮義,現受惡名,后得苦報。

        so are the people at large. to seek a little fame and gain, people will spare no pains to bring ruin upon what should be their greater concern. they seek self-preservation at the expense of morality. consequently, they will earn a bad name in this life and suffer retribution in the hereafter.

        注釋:

        ① 貸:借給。

        ② 大行:行,佛教名詞。佛教著述中常用“境、行、果”來構建學說,“行”往往指按教義進行的修行、體驗。大行,最重要的教義和修行。

        譯文:

        從前有個商人,借給別人半文錢,那人很久都沒來還,他決定前去要債。路上有一條大河,雇船過河花了兩文錢,到了借他錢的人家,沒見到人。回來過河,又花了兩文錢。為了討回半文錢的債而花掉了四文錢,而且來回路上疲勞困乏。借給別人的很少,但損失的卻很多,結果招來眾人的嘲笑。

        世上也有人這樣,為了蠅頭微利,而毀壞了最重要的教義和修行。為了一點私利,不顧禮義廉恥,不僅會招來惡名,而且會得到苦海無邊的報應。

        辨析:

        因小失大,以偏概全的事情,在我們的周圍經常發生著。所謂“人爭一口氣”,也只在一個爭字。那個商人爭的并不在于半文錢,爭的只是個“說法”。在生活中,持這種看法的人,為數不少。殊不知,爭一步“山窮水盡”,退一步“地廣天高”。

        在生活里“爭”這個字,用得最多。名也爭,利也爭,人與人也要爭個高低,這是時代的“病”。我們遺失了一種人本來應該具有的美德,就是“讓”,就是“做”。把“爭”的心胸換作實實在在的“做”、“干”,放下心來做自己本該做的事,干出一些于己于人都有益的事來。“讓”就是不屬于自己的東西,不去伸手,自己應得到的東西,如果別人要爭,能讓的就讓,“得讓人處且讓人。”佛家的“讓”有“忍辱”的含義;“小不忍則亂大謀”。在當今商品經濟飛速發展的時代里,同樣也要能顧大體,不爭小利,這樣才能廣開門戶、興旺發達。

                    (摘自《百喻經注釋與辨析》荊三隆 邵之茜著)

        供您思考:

        圣法法師在《百喻故事廣釋》里說:社會上現實和小心眼的人很多,譬如日常生活當中,常常為了一件小小的事情而大吵大鬧,乃至告到法院去。日常的買賣不但斤斤計較,就是為了幾毛錢也爭得面紅耳赤,結果呢?人格失,人討厭乃至結冤結仇,這種事情就如吃飯一樣的平常。

        宗教家的任務本是勸人為善,導人于正信,乃至領導人修行,解脫生死等,其人格和修養都應比一般人高。可是有些從事佛教事業的人,不管正法邪法、內道外道、正信迷信都引進來,應付信者。為自己小小的利益,而自他都墮于魔道,豈不是冤枉而可憐嗎?

        人來此世間本是酬業而來,為了生活須付出很多的精神和勞力。一生都為生活而努力。甚至造很多的惡業!如殺盜淫妄等,使生生世世六道輪回,互報冤愆不休,這不也是顧小失大嗎?

        現實的社會、現實的人生,你對我有利,我即恭敬尊重,拍馬屁、賄賂。對我不利即輕視、嫉妒、欺侮、相害等。甚至使奸耍詐!拼得你死我活。強欺弱、弱肉強食。達爾文說:‘物競天擇、適者生存、不適者淘汰’。使世間如阿修羅場(戰場)。是人世間呢?還是畜生的世界?追根究底,只是為了小小的利益而已。

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