Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 271.19

271.19

佛告低舍：「善哉！善哉！低舍！今當說譬，夫智慧者，以譬得解。如二士夫共伴行一路，一善知路，一不知路，其不知者語知路者，作如是言：『我欲詣某城、某村、某聚落，當示我路。』時，知路者即示彼路，語言：『士夫，從此道去，前見二道，捨左從右前行，復有坑㵎渠流，復當捨左從右，復有叢林，復當捨左從右。汝當如是漸漸前行，得至某城。』」

The Buddha told Tiṣya, “Good, good! Tiṣya, I will tell you a parable now, for wise people understand things with parables. Suppose two men are travelling together on a road. One of them knows the road well, while the other one doesn’t know the road. The one who doesn’t know it says to the one who does, ‘I want to go to such-and-such city, a certain town, or a certain village. Could you show me the way there?’”

“The one who knows the roads then shows him the way. He says, ‘A man who follows this path will come upon a fork in the road. Don’t go left, but turn right and continue. There’ll also be a river gorge. Again, you should not go left, but turn right. There’ll also be a forest. Again, don’t go left, but turn right. Proceeding in this way, you’ll eventually reach that particular city.’”