[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) › [眾經撰雜譬喻](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208) › 2.14 # 眾經撰雜譬喻 2.14 眾經撰雜譬喻 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2.14) 昔有導師入海採寶，時有五百人追之共行，導師謂曰：「海中有五難：一者激流、二者洄波、三者大魚、四者女鬼、五者醉菓。能度此難乃可共行。」眾人要訖，乘風入海到寶渚各行採寶。一人不勝菓香食之，一醉七日。眾人寶足，颿風已到，欲嚴還出，鳴鼓集人。一人不滿，四布求之，見臥樹下醉未曾醒，共扶來還折樹枝拄之，共歸還國。家門聞喜悉來迎逆，醉者見無所得獨甚愁慼。醉人不樂拄杖入市，市人求價，乃至二萬兩金，其人與之，問：「杖有何德？」曰：「此為樹寶，搗燒此杖熏諸瓦石悉成珍寶。」其人反求之，少許持歸試驗果如其言，所可熏蒸悉成眾寶。喻曰：「導師者，謂菩薩也；五難者，謂五陰也；寶渚者，謂般若七財也；醉者，從心懈廢也；折取寶樹枝者，謂自修勵；更興精進，熏瓦石成寶者，謂以經道熏諸惡行悉成法器也！」 > Formerly, there was a guide who entered the sea to gather treasures. At that time, five hundred people followed him and traveled together. The guide told them, 'In the ocean there are five perils: first, raging currents; second, whirlpools; third, great fish; fourth, female rākṣasīs; fifth, intoxicating fruits. Only those who can cross over these perils may travel together.' Having made the agreement, the people caught the wind, entered the sea, and reached the treasure isle, each going about gathering treasures. One man, unable to resist the fruit's fragrance, ate it and became intoxicated for seven days. The people had enough treasures, and the sailing wind had already arrived; wishing to prepare to return, they beat the drums to assemble the men. One man was missing, so they spread out in all directions to search for him, and found him lying beneath a tree, drunk and not yet awakened. Together, they supported him as they returned, snapped off a tree branch to use as a walking staff for him, and returned together to their country. The family, hearing the joyful news, all came out to welcome them; the drunk man, seeing that he had gained nothing, was exceedingly distressed on his own. In his gloom, the drunk man leaned on his staff and entered the marketplace. A market person sought to buy it, offering up to twenty thousand ounces of gold. The man gave it to him and asked, 'What virtue does this staff possess?' He replied, 'This is a tree treasure. If you pound and burn this staff, using it to fumigate potsherds and stones, they will all turn into precious jewels.' The man asked for a little of it back and took it home to test it; it turned out just as he had said, and everything that was fumigated completely turned into various treasures. The parable states: 'The guide is the bodhisattva; the five perils are the five skandhas; the treasure isle is the seven treasures of prajñā; the drunkard is following one's mind into indolence and neglect; snapping off the branch of the jewel tree is self-cultivation and encouragement; renewing the arousal of vigor and fumigating potsherds and stones into treasures means using the sūtras and the Path to fumigate all evil actions, making them all into vessels of the Dharma!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2.14) · Pramāṇa