[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 15.37 # 諸經要集 15.37 諸經要集 15.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.37) 又智度論云。財物是種種煩惱罪業因緣。若持戒禪定智慧種種善法。是涅槃因緣。以是故。財物尚應自棄。何況好福田中而不布施。譬如有兄弟二人。各擔十斤金行。道中更無餘伴。兄作是念。我何以不殺弟取金。此曠路中人無知者。弟復生念。欲殺兄取金。兄弟各有惡心。語言視瞻皆異。兄弟即復自悟還生悔心。我等非人與禽獸何異。同產兄弟。而為少金故而生惡心。兄弟共至泉水邊。兄以金投著水中。弟言。善哉善哉。弟復棄金水中。兄言。善哉善哉。兄弟更互相問。何以故言善哉。各相答言。我以此金故。生不善心欲相危害。今得棄之故言善哉。二辭各爾。以是因緣常應自捨。 > Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "Wealth and material goods are the causes and conditions for various afflictions and sinful karmas. If one maintains precepts, dhyāna-concentration, wisdom, and various wholesome dharmas, these are causes and conditions for nirvāṇa. For this reason, wealth and goods should be discarded by oneself, so how much more should they be given away in a good puṇyakṣetra? For example, there were two brothers, each carrying ten pounds of gold as they traveled. Along the road there were no other companions. The elder brother thought: 'Why shouldn't I kill my younger brother and take the gold? In this vast road no one will know.' The younger brother also gave rise to the thought of wanting to kill the elder brother and take the gold. The brothers each harboring an evil mind, their speech and looks were both unusual. The brothers then each awoke to themselves and gave rise to repentance: 'We are not humans; how are we different from beasts? Born of the same parents as brothers, yet for a little gold we gave rise to an evil mind!' The brothers together came to the side of a spring. The elder brother threw his gold into the water; the younger brother said, 'Excellent, excellent!' The younger brother also cast his gold into the water; the elder brother said, 'Excellent, excellent!' The brothers asked one another, 'Why did you say "Excellent"?' Each answered the other, 'Because of this gold, I gave rise to an unwholesome mind, wanting to harm you; now having been able to discard it, I therefore said "Excellent."' Both had spoken in the same manner. By this cause and condition, one should always abandon \[wealth\] oneself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.36) - [Next: 15.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.38) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.15.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.15.37) · Pramāṇa