[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) › 62.39 # 法苑珠林 62.39 法苑珠林 62.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [62.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.39) 又百喻經云。昔有賈客欲入大海。要須導師。即共求覓得一導師。相將發引至曠野中。有一天祀。當須人祀。然後得過。於是眾賈共思量言。我等盡親如何可殺。唯此導師中用祀天。即殺導師。以用祭祀。祀天已竟。迷失道路。不知所趣。窮困死盡。一切世人。亦復如是。欲入法海取其珍寶。當修善行以為導師。毀破善行。生死曠路。永無出期。經歷三塗。受苦長遠。如彼商賈將入大海殺其導者。迷失津濟終致困死。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra of One Hundred Parables says: Long ago, there were merchants who wished to enter the great sea. They needed a guide, so they sought together and found a guide. Leading one another, they set out and arrived in the wilderness. There was a shrine to a god where a human sacrifice was required before one could pass through. Thereupon the merchants considered together, saying, "All of us are kin; how could we kill one of ourselves? Only this guide is suitable to be sacrificed to the god." They immediately killed the guide and used him as a sacrifice. When the sacrifice to the god was completed, they lost the way, did not know where to go, and all died in utter distress. All worldly people are also like this: wishing to enter the sea of the Dharma to obtain its rare treasures, they should cultivate good conduct to serve as their guide. If they destroy good conduct, they will have no date of escape on the vast road of birth and death, passing through the three paths and suffering long and distant torments—just like those merchants about to enter the great sea who killed their guide, lost the ford, and in the end died in distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 62.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.38) - [Next: 62.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.40) - [Up: 62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.62.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.62.39) · Pramāṇa