[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) › [雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207) › 1.10 # 雜譬喻經 1.10 雜譬喻經 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.10) 昔有伎兒作種種伎樂，從一富長者乞牛，長者了無與心，故語之言：「汝能如是勤作伎樂晝夜不息滿一歲者，我當與汝牛。」伎兒答言：「能。」復語主人：「能聽不？」長者亦言：「能。」於是伎兒聞是歡喜，一心作樂，三日三夜未甞休懈。長者厭聽已，即勅子弟牽牛與之。此喻行道作福者，不以劫數為遠，精勤彌篤報至彌疾，不必皆經爾數劫也。 > Formerly, there was a performer who performed various acts of music and entertainment and begged for an ox from a wealthy śreṣṭhin. The śreṣṭhin had no intention of giving it, so he purposely told him: "If you can diligently perform music like this without stopping day and night for a full year, I will give you an ox." The performer replied: "I can." He then said to the master: "Can you listen?" The śreṣṭhin also said: "I can." Thereupon the performer, hearing this, rejoiced, and with a single mind made music, not resting or slacking for three days and three nights. The śreṣṭhin grew weary of listening, and forthwith ordered his junior relatives to lead out an ox and give it to him. This is an analogy for those who cultivate the Way and make merit: they do not consider the number of kalpas as distant; the more earnest their diligence, the swifter the retribution arrives, and it is not necessary that they must pass through that many kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.10) · Pramāṇa