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title: "百喻經 · 45 奴守門喻"
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### （四五）奴守門喻

> The Slave Guarding the Gate

譬如有人將欲遠行，勅其奴言：「爾好守門并看驢索。」其主行後，時隣里家有作樂者，此奴欲聽不能自安，尋以索繫門置於驢上，負至戲處聽其作樂。奴去之後，舍中財物賊盡持去。大家行還，問其奴言：「財寶所在？」奴便答言：「大家先付門驢及索，自是以外非奴所知。」大家復言：「留爾守門正為財物，財物既失用於門為？」生死愚人為愛奴僕亦復如是，如來教誡常護根門，莫著六塵，守無明驢看於愛索。而諸比丘不奉佛教，貪求利養詐現清白靜處而坐，心意流馳貪著五欲，為色聲香味之所惑亂，無明覆心愛索纏縛，正念覺意道品財寶悉皆散失。

> Imagine someone who is about to go on a long journey. He instructs his servant, saying, "You must guard the door well and watch over the donkey and its rope." After the master leaves, the neighbors next door begin to play music. The servant wants to listen but cannot sit still, so he ties the door to the donkey with the rope, carries it on his back, and goes to the place of entertainment to listen to the music. While the servant is away, thieves come and steal all the valuables from the house. When the master returns, he asks his servant, "Where are the treasures?" The servant replies, "Master, you only entrusted me with the door, the donkey, and the rope. Beyond that, I know nothing." The master says, "I left you to guard the door precisely to protect the valuables. If the valuables are lost, what use is the door?" Foolish people trapped in the cycle of life and death are just like this servant. The Buddha’s teachings always remind us to guard the gates of our senses, not to cling to the six sensory objects, and to watch over the donkey of ignorance and the rope of craving. Yet some monks do not follow the Buddha’s teachings. They greedily seek offerings, pretending to be pure while sitting in quiet places, but their minds wander, clinging to the five desires. They are confused by sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. Their minds are covered by ignorance and bound by the rope of craving. As a result, the treasures of right mindfulness, awakening, and the factors of enlightenment are all lost.