[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) › 55.30 # 法苑珠林 55.30 法苑珠林 55.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.30) 又百喻經云。昔有一人。形容端正智慧具足。復多錢財。舉世人間無不稱歎。時有愚人見其如此。便言我兄。見後還責言非我兄。傍人語言。汝是愚人。云何須財認他為兄。及其還責復言非兄。愚人答言。我以欲得彼之財物故認為兄。實非是兄。人聞此語無不笑之。猶彼外道聞佛善語。饕竊而用以為己有。乃至傍人教使修行不肯修行。而作是言。為利養故偷取佛說化導眾生。而無實事。云何修行。猶向愚人為得財故。言是我兄。及其責時復言非兄。此亦如是。 > The Sūtra of One Hundred Parables also says: Formerly, there was a man whose appearance was upright and handsome, who was fully endowed with wisdom, and who had abundant wealth; everyone in the world praised him. At that time, there was a foolish person who, seeing him like this, said, 'He is my elder brother.' Later, seeing that he was demanded to repay debts, he said, 'He is not my brother.' A bystander said to him, 'You are a foolish person! Why did you acknowledge someone else as your brother when you wanted wealth, and then when he was dunned for debts, say he is not your brother?' The fool replied, 'Because I wished to obtain his wealth, I recognized him as my brother. He is not truly my brother.' Hearing these words, everyone laughed at him. It is just like those non-Buddhists who hear the Buddha's good words, greedily steal them, and use them as their own. Even when bystanders urge them to cultivate the practice, they refuse to cultivate it, and make this statement: 'For the sake of gain and support, we stole what the Buddha taught to convert and guide sentient beings, but there is no reality to it. Why should we cultivate it?' This is just like that fool who, in order to get wealth, said, 'He is my brother,' and when debts were demanded, said again, 'He is not my brother.' This is also like that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 55.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.29) - [Next: 55.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.31) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.55.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.55.30) · Pramāṇa