[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) › 7.51 # 法苑珠林 7.51 法苑珠林 7.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.51) 夫擁其流者。未若杜其源。揚其湯者。未若撲其火。何者源出於水。源未杜而水不窮。火沸於湯。火未撲而湯詎息。故有杜源之客不擁流而自乾。撲火之賓。不揚湯而自止。類斯而談可得詳矣。厭其果者未若絕其因。怖其苦者豈若懲於惡。因資於果。因未絕而果不窮。惡生於苦。惡未懲而苦詎息。故使絕因之士。不厭果而自亡。懲惡之賢。不怖苦而自離。凡百君子書而誡歟。 > Now, blocking a current is not as good as damming its source; skimming boiling water is not as good as extinguishing its fire. Why? The source produces the water; if the source is not dammed, the water will never cease. The fire boils the water; if the fire is not extinguished, how can the boiling stop? Therefore, one who dams the source has no need to block the current, and it naturally dries up; a guest who extinguishes the fire has no need to skim the boiling water, and it naturally subsides. Discussing by analogy with this, the matter can be fully understood. Disliking the fruit is not as good as cutting off its cause; fearing suffering—how could that compare to restraining evil? The cause fosters the fruit; if the cause is not cut off, the fruit will never end. Suffering arises from evil; if evil is not restrained, how can suffering cease? Therefore, a person who cuts off the cause does not dislike the fruit, and it naturally disappears; a worthy person who restrains evil does not fear suffering, and naturally leaves it behind. May all gentlemen write this down as an admonition! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.50) - [Next: 7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.52) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.7.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.51) · Pramāṇa