[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 51.5 # 法苑珠林 51.5 法苑珠林 51.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.5) 夫理之所窮唯善與惡。顧此二途條然易辯。幽則有罪福苦樂。顯則有賢愚榮辱。愛榮憎辱趣樂背苦。含識所必同也。今愛榮而不知慕賢。求福而不知避禍。譬猶播植粃粺而欲歲取精糧。驅駕駑蹇而望騰超敻絕。不亦惑哉。如鳥獸蟲虺之智。猶知因風假鶩託迅附高以成其事。奚況於人而無託友以就其善乎。故所託善友則身存而成德。所親闇蔽則身瘁而名惡也。故玄軌之宗。出於高範。切瑳之意。事存我友。又如㗱牛之虻飛極百步。若附鸞尾則一翥萬里。此豈非其翼工之所託迅也。亦同凡夫溺喪極趣不越人天。若憑大聖之威。則高昇十地同生淨域也。 > Now, that which principle exhausts is solely good and evil. Examining these two paths, they are distinct and easy to discern. In the unseen realm there are sin and blessing, suffering and joy; in the manifest realm there are the worthy and the foolish, glory and disgrace. To love glory and detest disgrace, to pursue joy and turn away from suffering—this is what all sentient beings must share. Now, people love glory but do not know to admire the worthy; they seek blessing but do not know to avoid calamity. It is like sowing tares and chaff while wishing to harvest fine grain annually, or driving an exhausted nag while hoping to gallop across vast distances—is this not delusion? Even with the intelligence of birds, beasts, insects, and reptiles, they still know to rely on the wind, take advantage of the duck, depend on speed, and attach to heights to accomplish their deeds. How much more so for humans, that they should not rely on friends to achieve their goodness! Therefore, when one relies on good friends, one preserves one's person and accomplishes virtue; when one is intimate with the benighted, one's person withers and one's reputation becomes evil. Thus, the foundation of the profound track emerges from lofty models, and the intent of cutting and polishing depends upon my friends. Furthermore, it is like a gadfly biting an ox: its flight goes at most a hundred paces; yet if it attaches to the tail of a luan bird, with one flap it flies ten thousand li. Is this not because it attaches its speed to the skill of the other's wings? It is likewise for ordinary mortals: their drowning and falling at the utmost destination does not transcend humans and devas; yet if they rely on the majesty of the Great Sage, they ascend high to the ten stages and are born together in the Pure Realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 51.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.4) - [Next: 51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.6) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.51.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.5) · Pramāṇa