法苑珠林 53.83

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百喻經云。譬如野干在於樹下。風吹枝折墮其脊上。即便閉目不欲看樹。捨棄而走到于露地。乃至日暮亦不肯來。遙見風吹大樹枝柯動搖上下。便言喚我還來樹下。愚癡弟子亦復如是。已得出家得近師長。以小呵責即便逃走。復於後時遇惡知識。惱亂不已方還師所。如是去來是為愚惑。

The Sūtra of One Hundred Parables says: For example, a jackal was under a tree, and the wind blew and broke a branch, which fell on his back. He immediately closed his eyes, unwilling to look at the tree, abandoned it, and ran to the open ground, refusing to return even until sunset. Seeing from afar that the wind blew the branches of the great tree, swaying them up and down, he said, 'It is calling me to return under the tree.' A foolish disciple is also like this: having gone forth from home and attained proximity to his teacher, upon a slight reprimand he runs away; then at a later time, encountering bad acquaintances who vex and disturb him unceasingly, he finally returns to his teacher's place. Coming and going like this is sheer folly and delusion.