法苑珠林 46.31

46.31

有瓶蓋亦空　無蓋亦復空
有瓶蓋亦滿　無蓋亦復滿
當知諸世間　有此四種人
威儀及功德　有無亦如是
若非一切智　何能籌量人
寧以見威儀　而便知其德
正知有善心　名為賢人相
但見外威儀　何由知其內
若以外量內　而生輕賤心
敗身及善根　命終墮惡道
外詐現威儀　游行以賢善
但有口言說　如雷而無雨

"There are jars with covers that are empty, / And those without covers that are also empty; / There are jars with covers that are full, / And those without covers that are also full. / One should know that in the worlds / There are these four kinds of persons; / Their comportment and virtue, / Their presence or absence, are just like this. / If one is not omniscient, / How can one measure people? / How could seeing merely outward deportment / Enable one to know their virtue? / Truly knowing that one has a wholesome mind / Is what is called the sign of a worthy person. / Seeing only outward deportment, / How can one know what is within? / If by the outward one measures the inward / And gives rise to a mind of contempt, / One ruins oneself and one's roots of goodness, / And at the end of life falls into the evil realms. / Outwardly one falsely displays deportment, / Moving about as a worthy and good person, / Yet having only spoken words, / Like thunder without rain."