[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) › [佛遺教經論疏節要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820) › 1.124 # 佛遺教經論疏節要 1.124 佛遺教經論疏節要 1.124 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.124) 喻心有曀，不見未來。《百喻經》云「昔有貪夫，於野求蜜。既得一樹，舉足前進欲取蜂蜜，不覺草覆深井，因失足而亡。」狂象者，喻心起三毒也。《涅槃經》以醉象狂逸，如貪恚愚癡醉，故多造惡業。猨猴者，喻根起五欲也。有說：譬如一猨現於五窓，心猴亦爾，遍彼五根。騰躍，釋上狂象。踔躑，釋上猨猴。踔，猨跳也。當急挫之者，示其抑入無動處故。無令放逸者，令其攝入調伏聚故。 > This symbolizes that the mind is obscured and does not see the future. The Baiyu jing says: "Long ago there was a greedy man who sought honey in the wilderness. Having found a tree, he raised his foot and went forward wishing to take the honey, unaware that a deep pit was covered with grass, whereupon he took a misstep and perished." An elephant driven mad symbolizes the mind giving rise to the three poisons. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra takes an intoxicated elephant's madness and heedlessness to be like the intoxication of greed, wrath, and delusion, because of which one creates abundant evil karma. An ape symbolizes the sense faculties giving rise to the five desires. Some say: For example, it is like a single ape appearing at five windows; the mind-monkey is also like this, running throughout those five faculties. "Leaping" explains the elephant driven mad above. "Cavorting and bounding about" explains the ape above. "Bounding" is the leaping of an ape. "You should swiftly curb it" indicates repressing it and guiding it into the place of non-movement. "Not letting it become heedless" means having it gathered and led into the fold of taming and regulation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.123) - [Next: 1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.125) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820~en-mt.1.124) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1820.1.124) · Pramāṇa