[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) › 53.81 # 法苑珠林 53.81 法苑珠林 53.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [53.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.81) 百喻經云。昔有一人欲得王意。問餘人言。云何得之。有人語言。若欲得意王形相汝當効之。此人見王眼眴。便効王眴。王問之言。汝為病耶。為著風耶。何以眼眴。其人答王。我不病眼。亦不著風。欲得王意。見王眼眴故効王也。王聞是語即大瞋恚。使人加害擯令出國。世人亦爾。於佛法王欲得親近。求其善法以自增長。既得親近不解如來法王為眾生故種種方便現其短闕。便生譏毀効其不是。由是之故。於佛法中永失其善。墮於三惡。如彼効王亦復如是。 > The Sūtra of One Hundred Parables says: Formerly, there was a man who wished to win the king's favor. He asked another person, saying: 'How can I obtain it?' Someone said to him, 'If you wish to win his favor, you must imitate the king's bodily expressions.' This man saw the king blink his eyes, and thereupon imitated the king's blinking. The king asked him, saying: 'Are you ill? Or have you been stricken by wind? Why do you blink your eyes?' The man answered the king, 'My eyes are not diseased, nor have I been stricken by wind. Wishing to win the king's favor, I saw the king blink his eyes and therefore imitated the king.' Hearing these words, the king became greatly enraged, ordered men to punish him, and banished him from the kingdom. Worldly people are also like this: wishing to draw near to the Buddha, the King of Dharma, they seek his wholesome teachings to improve themselves; yet having drawn near, they do not understand that the Tathāgata, the King of Dharma, for the sake of sentient beings, manifests shortcomings through various skillful means; thus they give rise to ridicule and slander, imitating his apparent defects. Because of this, they permanently forfeit their wholesomeness within the Buddha's Dharma and fall into the three evil destinies, just like the one who imitated the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 53.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.80) - [Next: 53.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.82) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.53.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.53.81) · Pramāṇa