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| − | Once upon a [[time]], a stupid man was boiling {{Wiki|molasses}}. When a rich man came to his house, he wanted to give some of the {{Wiki|molasses}} to the rich man. He poured a bit of [[water]] into the pot of {{Wiki|molasses}} and put it over a [[fire]], and then he used a fan to fan the {{Wiki|molasses}}, trying to cool it. A bystander asked him, “If you don’t put out the [[fire]] below, how could the {{Wiki|molasses}} cool down even if you keep on fanning it?” [[People]] began to [[laugh]] at this man. This is just like externalists who do not bother to extinguish the [[fire]] of [[afflictions]]. They delve into [[ascetic]] practices such as lying down on thorns and brambles, or scorching the five parts of their [[bodies]] in {{Wiki|hope}} of [[attaining]] the [[path]] of clear coolness and quiescence. They will never get anywhere. They are laughed at by the [[wise]], who think them strange. In their {{Wiki|present}} [[lives]], they undergo [[suffering]]; in the {{Wiki|future}}, they still have to undergo the [[pain]] of revolving in the [[wheel]]. | + | Once upon a [[time]], a stupid man was boiling {{Wiki|molasses}}. When a rich man came to his house, he wanted to give some of the {{Wiki|molasses}} to the rich man. He poured a bit of [[water]] into the pot of {{Wiki|molasses}} and put it over a [[fire]], and then he used a fan to fan the {{Wiki|molasses}}, trying to cool it. A bystander asked him, “If you don’t put out the [[fire]] below, how could the {{Wiki|molasses}} cool down even if you keep on fanning it?” [[People]] began to [[laugh]] at this man. This is just like externalists who do not bother to extinguish the [[fire]] of [[afflictions]]. They delve into [[ascetic]] practices such as {{Wiki|lying}} down on thorns and brambles, or scorching the five parts of their [[bodies]] in {{Wiki|hope}} of [[attaining]] the [[path]] of clear coolness and quiescence. They will never get anywhere. They are laughed at by the [[wise]], who think them strange. In their {{Wiki|present}} [[lives]], they undergo [[suffering]]; in the {{Wiki|future}}, they still have to undergo the [[pain]] of revolving in the [[wheel]]. |
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Latest revision as of 05:09, 17 March 2015
Hundred Parables Sutra
Parable: Boiled Molasses
Once upon a time, a stupid man was boiling molasses. When a rich man came to his house, he wanted to give some of the molasses to the rich man. He poured a bit of water into the pot of molasses and put it over a fire, and then he used a fan to fan the molasses, trying to cool it. A bystander asked him, “If you don’t put out the fire below, how could the molasses cool down even if you keep on fanning it?” People began to laugh at this man. This is just like externalists who do not bother to extinguish the fire of afflictions. They delve into ascetic practices such as lying down on thorns and brambles, or scorching the five parts of their bodies in hope of attaining the path of clear coolness and quiescence. They will never get anywhere. They are laughed at by the wise, who think them strange. In their present lives, they undergo suffering; in the future, they still have to undergo the pain of revolving in the wheel.
