[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 4.11 # 大方便佛報恩經 4.11 大方便佛報恩經 4.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.11) 「善友太子欲開庫藏。時守藏臣，緣行不在，鄭重追逐，差互不遇。善友太子言：『此小人者，何敢違逆我意？當是父王教耳。夫孝子者，不應傾竭父母庫藏。我今應當自求財寶，給足眾生。我若不能給足一切眾生衣被飲食，稱意與者，云何名為大王太子？』即集諸臣百官共論議言：『夫求財利，何業最勝？』中有第一大臣言：『世間求利，莫先耕田者，種一萬倍。』復有一大臣言：『世間求利，莫先畜養眾生，放牧滋息，其利最大。』復有一大臣言：『世間求利，莫先入海採取妙寶。若得摩尼寶珠者，便能稱意給足一切眾生。』善友太子言：『唯此為快耳。』即入宮中，上白父王：『子今欲入大海，採取妙寶。』王聞此語，譬如人噎，亦不得咽，又不得吐，語太子言：『國是汝有，庫藏珍寶隨意取用，何為方復自入大海？汝為吾子，生長深宮，臥則幃帳，食則恣口。今者遠涉塗路，飢渴寒暑，誰得知者？又復大海之中，眾難非一，或有惡鬼毒龍；湍浪猛風，洄波涌澓；水泡之山，摩竭大魚。往者千萬，達者一二。汝今云何欲入大海？吾不聽汝。』善友太子即便五體投地，四布手足而作是言：『父母若不聽我入大海者，我當捨命於此，終不起也。』 > "Prince Kalyāṇamitra wished to open the storehouses. The keeper of the treasury, citing other business, was absent; though pursued with urgency, he evaded and was not to be met. Prince Kalyāṇamitra said: 'How dare this petty man oppose my wishes? This must surely be my father the king's instruction. A filial son should not completely empty his parents' storehouses. I ought now to seek wealth and treasures myself to fully supply living beings. If I cannot fully supply all living beings with clothing, bedding, food, and drink, granting them to their heart's content, how can I be called the great king's prince?' He immediately gathered the ministers and the hundred officials together to deliberate, saying: 'In seeking wealth and profit, what pursuit is supreme?' Among them, a chief minister said: 'In the world's pursuit of profit, nothing surpasses plowing the fields; sowing one brings ten-thousand-fold.' Another minister said: 'In the world's pursuit of profit, nothing surpasses raising animals; pasturing and breeding them yields the greatest profit.' Another minister said: 'In the world's pursuit of profit, nothing surpasses entering the ocean to gather wondrous jewels. If one obtains the maṇi jewel, one will be able to fully supply all living beings to their heart's content.' Prince Kalyāṇamitra said: 'Only this is delightful!' He immediately entered the palace and reported up to his father the king: 'Your son now wishes to enter the great ocean to gather wondrous jewels.' When the king heard these words, it was like a person choking, unable to swallow or spit it out. He said to the prince: 'The kingdom is yours, and the precious treasures in the storehouses are yours to take and use as you please; why must you now enter the great ocean yourself? You are my son, born and raised in the deep palace; for sleeping you have canopied curtains, and for eating you indulge your palate. Now you would travel distant roads; who knows what hunger, thirst, cold, and heat you will suffer? Moreover, in the great ocean there are numerous perils: there are evil spirits and venomous dragons; rushing waves and fierce winds, swirling surges and churning depths; mountains of water bubbles, and giant makara fish. Of those who go, thousands and ten thousands depart, but only one or two reach their goal. How can you now wish to enter the great ocean? I will not permit you.' Prince Kalyāṇamitra then threw his five limbs to the ground, spreading out his hands and feet, and said: 'If my parents do not permit me to enter the great ocean, I shall forfeit my life here and never rise again.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.10) - [Next: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.12) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.4.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.4.6) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.11) · Pramāṇa