法苑珠林 91.59

91.59

如百喻經云。昔有二人。共種甘蔗。而作誓言。種好者賞。其不好者當重罰之。時二人中。一者念言。甘蔗極甜。若壓取汁。還灌甘蔗。樹必得勝。既取汁溉。冀望滋味。反敗種子。所有甘蔗一切都失。世人亦爾。欲求善福。恃己豪貴。倚形挾勢。迫脅下民。𣣋奪財物。用作福善。不知將來反獲其殃。如壓甘蔗彼此都失。

As the *Sūtra of One Hundred Parables* says: Formerly, there were two people who planted sugarcane together and made a vow, saying, “The one who grows good [canes] shall be rewarded, while the one who grows poor ones shall be heavily punished.” At that time, between the two people, one thought, “Sugarcane is extremely sweet; if I press and take its juice and pour it back to irrigate the sugarcane, my plants will surely surpass the other.” Having taken the juice to irrigate it, hoping for rich flavor, he instead ruined the seeds, and completely lost all of his sugarcane. People of the world are also like this: wishing to seek good fortune, they rely on their own nobility, depend on their status and leverage their power, oppressing the common people and plundering their wealth to perform meritorious deeds and goodness, not knowing that in the future they will instead reap calamity—just like pressing the sugarcane, where both self and other are lost.