（一一）中阿含業相應品鹽喻經第一
Chapter 11: The Salt Parable Sutra (Chapter 1 of the Karma Section, Middle Length Discourses)
我聞如是：
Thus have I heard:
一時，佛遊舍衛國，在勝林給孤獨園。
Once, the Buddha was traveling in the country of Shravasti, staying at the Jeta Grove in Anathapindika's Park.
爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「隨人所作業則受其報。如是，不行梵行不得盡苦，若作是說，隨人所作業則受其報。如是，修行梵行便得盡苦。所以者何？若使有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報？謂有一人不修身、不修戒、不修心、不修慧，壽命甚短，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。猶如有人以一兩鹽投少水中，欲令水鹹不可得飲。於意云何？此一兩鹽，能令少水鹹叵飲耶？」
At that time, the World-Honored One said to the monks: "Just as a person reaps the results of their actions, so too, without living a pure life, one cannot put an end to suffering. Thus, it is said: as a person does, so they receive. Likewise, by living a pure life, one can end suffering. Why is that? If someone commits unwholesome deeds, they will certainly experience the painful consequences of rebirth in hell. How does someone commit unwholesome deeds and inevitably face the painful results of hell? It is when a person does not cultivate the body, does not uphold moral precepts, does not train the mind, and does not develop wisdom, and their life is very short. This is how someone who commits unwholesome deeds inevitably experiences the painful results of hell. It is like someone throwing a single ounce of salt into a small amount of water, hoping to make the water too salty to drink. What do you think? Can that one ounce of salt make a small amount of water undrinkably salty?"
答曰：「如是。世尊！所以者何？鹽多水少，是故能令鹹不可飲。」
The answer was: "Yes, World-Honored One. Why is that? Because there is more salt and less water, it makes it too salty to drink."
「如是，有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報？謂有一人不修身、不修戒、不修心、不修慧、壽命甚短，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。」
「復次，有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報？謂有一人修身、修戒、修心、修慧，壽命極長，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。猶如有人以一兩鹽投恒水中，欲令水鹹不可得飲。於意云何？此一兩鹽，能令恒水鹹叵飲耶？」
"Furthermore, there are people who commit unwholesome deeds and must experience the painful results in this very life. How is it that some people who commit unwholesome deeds must experience the painful results in this very life? That is, there is a person who cultivates their body, cultivates ethical conduct, cultivates the mind, and cultivates wisdom, and whose lifespan is extremely long. This is what is meant by 'someone who commits unwholesome deeds must experience the painful results in this very life.' It is like someone throwing a single pinch of salt into the Ganges River, hoping to make the water so salty it cannot be drunk. What do you think? Can that single pinch of salt make the Ganges River water so salty it is undrinkable?"
答曰：「不也。世尊！所以者何？恒水甚多，一兩鹽少，是故不能令鹹叵飲。」
「如是，有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報？謂有一人修身、修戒、修心、修慧、壽命極長，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。
「復次，有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報？謂有一人不修身、不修戒、不修心、不修慧，壽命甚短，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。猶如有人奪取他羊。云何有人奪取他羊？謂奪羊者，或王、王臣，極有威勢，彼羊主者，貧賤無力，彼以無力故便種種承望，叉手求索而作是說：『尊者！可見還羊，若見與直。』是謂有人奪取他羊。如是，有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報？謂有一人不修身、不修戒、不修心、不修慧，壽命甚短，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。
「復次，有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報？謂有一人修身、修戒、修心、修慧，壽命極長，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。猶如有人雖竊他羊，主還奪取。云何有人雖竊他羊，主還奪取？謂竊羊者貧賤無勢，彼羊主者或王、王臣，極有威力，以有力故收縛竊者，還奪取羊。是謂有人雖竊他羊，主還奪取。如是，有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報？謂有一人修身、修戒、修心、修慧，壽命極長，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。
「復次，有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報？謂有一人不修身、不修戒、不修心、不修慧，壽命甚短，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。猶如有人負他五錢，為主所縛，乃至一錢亦為主所縛。云何有人負他五錢，為主所縛，乃至一錢亦為主所縛？謂負債人貧無力勢，彼貧無力故，負他五錢，為主所縛，乃至一錢亦為主所縛。是謂有人負他五錢，為主所縛，乃至一錢亦為主所縛。如是有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報？謂有一人不修身、不修戒、不修心、不修慧，壽命甚短，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果地獄之報。
「復次，有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報？謂有一人修身、修戒、修心、修慧，壽命極長，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。猶如有人雖負百錢，不為主所縛，乃至千萬亦不為主所縛。云何有人雖負百錢，不為主所縛，乃至千萬亦不為主所縛？謂負債人產業無量，極有勢力，彼以是故，雖負百錢，不為主所縛，乃至千萬亦不為主所縛。是謂有人雖負百錢，不為主所縛，乃至千萬亦不為主所縛。如是，有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報。云何有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報？謂有一人修身、修戒、修心、修慧，壽命極長，是謂有人作不善業，必受苦果現法之報，彼於現法設受善惡業報而輕微也。」
佛說如是。彼諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
鹽喻經第一竟(千三百五十一字)