昔有一人先瓮中盛谷，骆驼入头瓮中食谷又不得出，既不得出以为忧恼。
In the past, there was a person, first within an urn filling grain. His camel’s head then entered the urn within, not again getting out. Thereupon, not able to get it out, he was with this worried.
有一老人来语之言：「汝莫愁也！我教汝出，汝用我语必得速出，汝当斩头自得出之。」
There was an old person, who came and spoke to him, saying, ‘You do not have to worry. I will teach you how to get it out. If you listen to my words, you will definitely get it out quickly. You should cut the head to naturally get it out.’
即用其语以刀斩头，既复杀驼而复破瓮。
Then listening to his words, with a knife cutting the head, killing the camel, and also breaking the urn.
如此痴人世间所笑。凡夫愚人亦复如是，悕心菩提志求三乘，宜持禁戒防护诸恶，然为五欲毁破净戒，既犯禁已舍离三乘，纵心极意无恶不造，乘及净戒二俱捐舍，如彼愚人驼瓮俱失。
Like this ignorant person, that is by the world laughed at, ordinary foolish persons are likewise thus. With this wish in mind, the Bodhi aspiration seeking the Three Vehicles, they should uphold the prohibitive precepts to guard and protect against all evils. However, with the five desires destroying the pure precepts. Thereupon, having violated the prohibitions already, abandoning the Three Vehicles. At will indulging with all of one’s heart, without evils not created, with the vehicles and pure precepts together abandoned, they are like that foolish person with his camel and urn together lost.
[Note 1: The Bodhi aspiration is the Bodhi Mind (菩提心), the wish to lead one and all to realise Buddhahood (佛果).]
[Note 2: The Three Vehicles (三乘) are the Voice-Hearer (Śrāvaka) Vehicle (声闻乘) (or the Arhat Vehicle (阿罗汉乘), Pratyekabuddha Vehicle (辟支佛乘) and Bodhisattva Vehicle (菩萨乘).]
[Note 3: The five desires (五欲) are for (i) wealth (财), (ii) sex (色) (and other sensual pleasures), (iii) fame (名), (iv) food (食) and (v) sleep (睡).]
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