治利養瘡法
Treating the Wound of Profit and Gain
「復次，舍利弗！若有行者貪火所燒，利養毒箭惡風吹動以射其心。以貪因緣心或顛倒，晝夜六時思念貪方便，如猫伺鼠心無厭足、如七步蛇吐毒覆身。如此惡人利養細滑，五百毒蛇集在身中，剎那剎那頃其心毒火熾然不息。晝夜六時煩惱猛風吹利養薪，在其心內熾然不息，諸蛇競作燒善根芽。以是因緣，狂亂黑鬼猛毒熾盛，見他得利如箭射心、如刺入眼、如釘入耳。諸情閉塞，五百五蛇、四大毒龍、五拔刀賊、六村羅剎一時競作，因是發狂，當疾治之。
«Furthermore, Shariputra, if a practitioner is burned by the fire of greed, shot in the heart by the poisonous arrow of gain, and blown by the evil wind, then his mind becomes distorted. Day and night, in the six periods, he constantly thinks of ways to satisfy his greed—like a cat watching a mouse, never satisfied; like a seven-step snake spreading poison over its body. Such a wicked person, driven by the desire for profit and sensual pleasures, has five hundred poisonous snakes gathered within his body. At every moment, the poisonous fire of his mind blazes without cease. In the six periods of day and night, the fierce wind of afflictions fans the fuel of profit-seeking, causing it to burn fiercely within his heart. The various snakes compete with each other, burning up the roots of goodness. Because of this, the raging darkness of black demons grows intensely toxic. When he sees others gaining benefits, it feels like an arrow piercing his heart, like a thorn stabbing his eye, like a nail driven into his ear. His senses become blocked. Then the five hundred and five snakes, the four great poisonous dragons, the five bandits with knives, and the six village demons all arise at once. This drives him to madness, and it must be urgently cured.»
「治之法者，先當數息，繫心令定，想一丈六像——身紫金色，三十二相——在耆闍崛山七寶窟中坐寶師子座，與諸四眾說除貪法。告言：『法子！汝觀貪人所著袈裟、六物、眾具，如棘刺林針縫之中，當生劍樹、百千鐵釘、鐵𭉨諸蟲啄食其身。融銅鑊湯、鐵鋸、鐵床是汝坐具；沸屎、毒蛇、鐵丸鑊湯、刀林劍戟、百億棘刺、火河流銅、灰漿膿血是汝飲食。』
「爾時，世尊說是語已默然無聲，令於行者自見己身臥七重鐵城內，見五羅剎張口兩向，以八十鐵鉗拔舌令出；無量鐵犁狀如劍樹以耕其舌；鐵牛甲間流注融銅，鐵卒身內有百千色膿，膿中諸蟲不可稱數。觀見此事，心驚毛竪。出定入定，見所著衣如膿、屎和血，鐵𭉨諸蟲、刀林劍戟以為莊嚴；見所食物猶如蛔蟲，百千小蟲耳生諸膿、屎、尿、諸血，八十𭉨蟲、風蟲、火蟲、水蟲、地蟲、地獄蟲，一切諸蟲吐膿、吐毒滿鉢多羅；鐵丸、劍戟以為果蓏。
Then, the World-Honored One, having spoken these words, fell silent. He allowed the practitioner to see his own body lying within a seven-layered iron city. He saw five rakshasas with mouths gaping open, using eighty iron tongs to pull out his tongue. Countless iron plows, shaped like a forest of swords, plowed his tongue. Between the iron cow's armor, molten copper flowed. Within the bodies of the iron wardens, there were hundreds and thousands of colors of pus, and in that pus, countless maggots beyond measure.
Witnessing this sight, the practitioner's mind was terrified and his hair stood on end. Whether emerging from or entering meditation, he saw that the clothes he wore were like a mixture of pus, excrement, and blood, adorned with iron-beaked insects, a forest of knives, and swords and halberds. He saw the food he ate as resembling tapeworms, with hundreds and thousands of tiny insects growing pus from their ears—pus, urine, and blood. There were eighty beaked insects, wind insects, fire insects, water insects, earth insects, hell insects. All these insects spewed pus and poison, filling his alms bowl. Iron balls, swords, and halberds appeared as his fruits and melons.
「爾時，世尊而說偈言：
At that time, the World-Honored One spoke these verses:
「『生死不斷絕， 貪欲嗜味故，
養怨入丘塚， 唐受諸辛苦。
身臭如死尸， 九孔流不淨，
如廁蟲樂糞， 愚貪身無異。
智者應觀身， 不貪染世間，
無累、無所欲， 是名真涅槃。
如諸佛所說， 一心一意行，
數息在靜處， 是名行頭陀。』」
Life and death never cease Because of craving and attachment to flavors. Nurturing these defilements leads one to the grave, Suffering in vain through countless hardships.
The body stinks like a corpse, Nine orifices oozing impurities— Just as dung beetles delight in filth, The ignorant cling to this body the same way.
The wise should contemplate the body, Not crave or stain themselves with the world. Free from burdens, free from desires— This is called true Nirvana.
As all Buddhas have taught, Practicing with single-minded focus, Counting breaths in a quiet place— This is called the path of austere practice.
告舍利弗：「利養傷身、敗人善根，不可具說，但當數息一心觀之。若服此藥，是大丈夫、天人之師、調御人主，免欲淤泥，不為使水、恩愛大河之所漂沒、貪利不祥之所燒害。當知是人未出生死，其身香潔如優波羅，人中香象、龍王、力士、摩醯首羅所不能及，大力丈夫、天、人所敬。」
The Buddha said to Shariputra: "Greed for offerings harms the body and destroys one's foundation of goodness. Its full consequences can hardly be described—you should simply settle your mind and observe this truth clearly. Whoever takes this medicine [of awareness] is a true great person, a teacher of gods and humans, a master who guides and tames. They escape the mire of desire, are not swept away by the currents of craving or the great river of love, nor burned by the misfortune of grasping after profit. Know that such a person has transcended birth and death. Their body is fragrant and pure like the blue lotus, and even the mighty elephant of the world, the naga king, the powerful warrior, or Maheshvara himself cannot compare to them. They are a person of great strength, revered by gods and humans alike."
告舍利弗：「汝好受持，為四眾說，慎勿忘失。」
Shariputra, I say to you: "Uphold this teaching well, and proclaim it to the fourfold assembly. Be careful never to forget or lose it."
時舍利弗及阿難等聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
Then Shariputra, Ananda, and all the others who heard what the Buddha taught accepted it joyfully and put it into practice.