百喻經卷第一
The Sutra of One Hundred Parables, Volume 1
尊者僧伽斯那撰
Composed by Venerable Saṅghasena
蕭齊天竺三藏求那毘地譯
Translated by Gunaviddhi, Tripitaka Master from India, Xiao Qi Dynasty
愚人食鹽喻 愚人集牛乳喻 以梨打破頭喻 婦詐語稱死喻 渴見水喻 子死欲停置家中喻 認人為兄喻 山羗偷官庫喻歎父德行喻 三重樓喻 婆羅門殺子喻煮黑石蜜漿喻 說人喜瞋喻 殺商主祀天喻 醫與王女藥令卒長大喻 灌甘蔗喻債半錢喻 就樓磨刀喻 乘船失釪喻人說王縱暴喻 婦女欲更求子喻
The Fool Who Ate Salt The Fool Who Collected Milk The Man Who Broke His Head with a Pear The Woman Who Faked Her Death The Thirsty Man Who Saw Water The Man Who Wanted to Keep His Dead Son at Home The Man Who Mistook Another for His Brother The Mountain Bandit Who Stole from the Royal Treasury Praising a Father's Virtue The Three-Story Tower The Brahmin Who Killed His Son Boiling Black Sugar Syrup The Man Who Loved to Get Angry Killing a Merchant to Sacrifice to Heaven The Doctor Who Made the Princess Grow Up Instantly Watering Sugarcane The Debt of Half a Coin Sharpening a Knife on the Balcony Losing an Axe in the River The King Who Ruled with Tyranny The Woman Who Wanted Another Son
（一）愚人食鹽喻
The Parable of the Fool Who Ate Salt
昔有愚人至於他家，主人與食嫌淡無味，主人聞已更為益鹽。既得鹽美，便自念言：「所以美者緣有鹽故，少有尚爾況復多也？」愚人無智便空食鹽，食已口爽返為其患。譬彼外道聞節飲食可以得道，即便斷食或經七日或十五日，徒自困餓無益於道。如彼愚人，以鹽美故而空食之，致令口爽，此亦復爾。
Once there was a foolish man who went to another's home. The host offered him food, but he complained it was bland and tasteless. Hearing this, the host added more salt. Once he tasted the saltiness and found it delicious, he thought to himself: "The reason it's so good is because of the salt. If a little makes it this good, how much better would a lot be?" Lacking wisdom, the foolish man then ate salt by itself. After eating it, his mouth became parched and he suffered for it.
This is like those who follow other paths, hearing that moderating one's diet can lead to enlightenment, and then proceeding to fast completely—for seven days or even fifteen—only to torment themselves with hunger without any benefit to their practice. Just like that foolish man who, because salt made the food delicious, ate it plain and brought suffering upon himself, so too are they.