[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Dīrghāgama (Dharmaguptaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama) › [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas) › 7.90 # The Long Āgama Sūtra 7.90 長阿含經 7.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.90) 迦葉又言：「諸有智者，以譬喻得解，我今當復為汝引喻。乃昔久遠有一國土，其土邊壃，人民荒壞。時，有一人好喜養猪，詣他空村，見有乾糞，尋自念言：『此處饒糞，我猪豚飢，今當取草裹此乾糞，頭戴而歸。』即尋取草，裹糞而戴，於其中路，逢天大雨，糞汁流下，至于足跟，眾人見已，皆言：『狂人！糞除臭處，正使天晴，尚不應戴，況於雨中戴之而行！』其人方怒，逆罵詈言：『汝等自癡，不知我家猪豚飢餓；汝若知者，不言我癡。』婆羅門！汝今寧可捨此惡見，勿守迷惑，長夜受苦。如彼癡子戴糞而行，眾人訶諫，逆更瞋罵，謂他不知。」 > Kāśyapa also said, “Those who are wise explain things with parables. Now, I’ll explain this for you with a story. Long ago, there was a country far away that was bordered by a land of barbarians. A person there delighted in raising pigs. They went to another empty village and saw dry dung there. They immediately thought, ‘This place is rich in dung that my pigs could eat. Now, I’ll wrap this dry dung in grass and carry it back home on my head.’ > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “They took grass, wrapped the dung in it, and carried it that way. There was heavy rain while they were on the road, and the dung got wet and ran all the way down to the heels of their feet. People who saw that person all said, ‘You’re crazy! You’re covered in dung and reek of it! Even if it stops raining, you shouldn’t continue carrying that. Certainly don’t carry it while you’re walking in the rain!’ > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “That person was offended by this and yelled back at those people: ‘You’re all fools! You don’t know that I have pigs at home to feed! If you knew that, you wouldn’t say I’m foolish!’ > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Priest, it would be best for you to abandon this pernicious view. Don’t guard this delusion and subject yourself to suffering for a long time. You’d be like that foolish person who carried dung as they walked and got offended by a ridiculing crowd, saying they don’t understand.” > — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) - [Previous: 7.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.89) - [Next: 7.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.91) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7) ## Translations (2) - [The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-patton.7.p149) — Charles Patton, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-mt.7.90) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Pāyāsisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.25.1-16) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.90) · Pramāṇa