法苑珠林 92.7

92.7

如雹害禾穀　有人能遮斷
田主甚歡喜　報之以財帛
彼謗是親厚　不名為怨家
遮我利養雹　我應報其恩
如彼提婆達　利養雹所害
由其貪著故　善法無毫氂
如以毛繩戮　皮斷肉骨壞
髓斷及爾心　利養過毛繩
絕於持戒皮　能破禪定肉
析於智慧骨　滅妙善心髓
由貪利養故　不樂閑靜處
心常緣利養　晝夜不休息

'Just as when hail harms grain,
If someone is able to block it,
The owner of the field is greatly delighted
And rewards him with wealth and silks;
That slanderer is a dear friend,
He should not be called an enemy.
He blocks the hail of gain and offerings from me;
I ought to repay his kindness.
Like that Devadatta,
Harmed by the hail of gain and offerings,
Because of his greedy attachment,
Not a hair of good dharma remained to him.
Just as when being flayed with a hair-rope,
The skin breaks, the flesh and bones are destroyed,
The marrow is severed, down to the heart—
Gain and offerings are worse than a hair-rope:
They sever the skin of keeping the precepts,
They can break the flesh of dhyāna-concentration,
Shatter the bones of wisdom,
And destroy the marrow of the wonderful wholesome mind.
Because of greed for gain and offerings,
One takes no pleasure in quiet and secluded places;
The mind is constantly bound to gain and offerings,
Resting neither day nor night.'