[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) › 90.47 # 法苑珠林 90.47 法苑珠林 90.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [90.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.90.47) 又百喻經云。昔有國王。有一好樹。高廣極大。當生勝果。香而甜美。時有一人來至王所。王語之言。此之樹上將生美果。汝能食不。即答王言。此樹高廣。雖欲食之何由能得。即便斷樹望得其果。既無所獲徒自勞苦。後還欲豎樹已枯死。都無生理。世間之人亦復如是。如來法王有持戒樹修諸功德。不解方便反毀其禁。如彼伐樹復欲還活都不可得。破戒之人亦復如是。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra of One Hundred Parables says: In the past, a king had a fine tree, extremely tall and wide, that was about to bear superior fruit, fragrant, sweet, and delicious. At that time, a man came to the king's place, and the king said to him: 'This tree will soon bear delicious fruit. Can you eat it?' He immediately answered the king: 'This tree is tall and wide; although I wish to eat it, by what means could I obtain it?' He then cut down the tree, hoping to obtain its fruit. Since he obtained nothing, his toil was in vain. Afterwards he wanted to stand the tree back up, but it had already withered and died, with no principle of life remaining. People of the world are also like this: the Tathāgata, the Dharma King, has the tree of upholding precepts and cultivating various merits; failing to understand expedient means, they conversely break his prohibitions. Just as with felling that tree and wishing to revive it, it is completely impossible. A person who breaks the precepts is also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 90.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.90.46) - [Next: 90.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.90.48) - [Up: 90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.90) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.90.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.90.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.90.47) · Pramāṇa