諸經要集 19.94

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又百喻經云。昔有賈客欲入大海。要須導師。即共求覓得一導師。相將發引至曠野中。有一天寺。當須人祀然後得過。於是眾賈共思量言。我等盡親。如何可殺。唯此導師中用祀天。即殺導師以用祭祀。祀天已竟。迷失道路不知所趣。窮困死盡。一切世人亦復如是。欲入法海取其珍寶。當修善行以為導師。毀破善行。生死曠路永無出期。經歷三塗受苦長遠。如彼商賈將入大海。殺其導者。迷失津濟。終致困死。

Furthermore, the *Śatāvadāna-sūtra* (*Baiyu jing*) says: Formerly, merchants wishing to enter the great sea needed a guide. They searched together and found a guide, and setting out together, arrived in a wilderness. There was a heavenly temple, which required a human sacrifice before they could pass. Thereupon the merchants considered together, saying: 'All of us are kin; how could we kill one of ourselves? Only this guide is suitable to be sacrificed to the god.' So they killed the guide to make the sacrifice. When the sacrifice to the god was finished, they lost their way, not knowing where to go, and all died in utter distress. All worldly people are also like this: wishing to enter the ocean of the Dharma to gather its precious jewels, they should cultivate good deeds as their guide; if they destroy good deeds, then on the vast road of birth and death there will never be a time of departure, and they will pass through the three bad destinies, suffering for a long time. Just like those merchants about to enter the great sea who killed their guide, lost the ford, and in the end suffered death in distress.