[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) › 54.54 # 法苑珠林 54.54 法苑珠林 54.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [54.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.54) 夫人所以不得道者。由於心神昏惑。心神所以昏惑。由於外物擾之。擾之者多其事。略三。一則勢利榮名。二則妖妍靡曼。三則甘脂肥濃。榮名雖日用於心要無晷刻之累。妖妍靡曼方之已深。甘脂肥濃為累甚切。萬事云云皆三者之枝葉耳。聖人知不斷此三事故求道無從可得。如水火。擁之亟之則其用彌全。決之散之則其勞彌薄。故論云。質微則勢重。重則勢微。是以思之測之。寔由勤功而寤道。惰之慢之。良因貪聲色而障聖。所以釋氏震法鼓於鹿苑。夫子揚德音於陬魯。尚耳目所不聞。豈心識之能契也。 > The reason people fail to attain the Way is that the mind is bewildered and muddled. The reason the mind is bewildered and muddled is that external things perturb it. The things that perturb it are many, but summarily there are three: first, influence, gain, glory, and fame; second, seductive charms and alluring elegance; third, sweet fats and rich delicacies. Although glory and fame daily occupy the mind, fundamentally they are not an encumbrance of every moment. Seductive charms and alluring elegance are deeper by comparison. Sweet fats and rich delicacies form the most urgent burden. The myriad affairs in their clamour are merely the branches and leaves of these three. The sages knew that without cutting off these three things, seeking the Way would be impossible to obtain. Like water and fire: if you dam and concentrate them, their utility is made entirely complete; if you breach and scatter them, their efficacy becomes all the more negligible. Therefore a treatise says: 'When the substance is minute, the force is weighty; when the substance is weighty, the force is minute.' Hence, when we ponder and examine this: it is truly through diligent exertion that one awakens to the Way, and through indolence and arrogance that one is hindered from sagehood by greed for sounds and sights. Thus Śākyamuni sounded the Dharma drum in the Deer Park, and the Master raised his virtuous voice in the district of Lu; yet what the ears and eyes still failed to heed—how could the mind and consciousness tally with it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.53) - [Next: 54.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.55) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.54.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.471) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.54) · Pramāṇa