昔有田夫游行城邑，见国王女颜貌端正世所希有，昼夜想念情不能已，思与交通无由可遂，颜色瘀黄即成重病。
In the past, there was a ploughman touring by walking in a city. Seeing the country’s King’s daughter, with countenance upright, that the world rarely has, in day and night longing for her, with these feelings not able to end. Thinking of communicating with her, but without a way to fulfil this, his countenance’s colour contused to be yellow, then becoming seriously sick.
[Note 1: It is more spiritually fruitful to practise mindfulness of Buddha (念佛), with which there will be peace and bliss (安乐). It is with this that thoughts of attachment and lust will fade away too.]
诸所亲见，便问其人：「何故如是？」
All those relatives who saw this, then asked that person, ‘For what reason are you thus?’
答亲里言：「我昨见王女，颜貌端正，思与交通不能得故，是以病耳。我若不得，必死无疑。」
Replying to the relatives, saying, ‘Yesterday, I saw the King’s daughter, with countenance upright. Longing to with her communicate, not able to get to be with her thus, I am with this sick only. I, if not getting to be with her, will definitely die, without any doubt.’
诸亲语言：「我当为汝作好方便，使汝得之，勿得愁也。」
All the relatives spoke, saying, ‘As we will for you, create good skilful means, to cause you to get to be with her, you do not need to worry.’
后日见之便语之言：「我等为汝便为是得，唯王女不欲。」
On the day after seeing him, then speaking to him, they said, ‘With what we for you then done, you were able to get to be with her, only with the King’s daughter not desiring this.’
田夫闻之欣然而笑，谓呼必得。
The ploughman, hearing this, joyfully then laughed, crying out that he will definitely get to be with her.
世间愚人亦复如是，不别时节春秋冬夏，便于冬时掷种土中望得果实，徒丧其功空无所获，芽茎枝叶一切都失。
The world’s foolish people are likewise thus, not differentiating the seasons of spring, autumn, winter and summer, then in winter season tossing seeds within the earth, hoping to get fruits, only losing their efforts, empty without that obtained, with sprouts, stems, branches and leaves all lost.
世间愚人修习少福谓为具足，便谓菩提已可证得，如彼田夫悕望王女。
The world’s foolish people, cultivating few blessings, calling this as complete, then saying Bodhi already can be realised, are like that ploughman, hoping to be with the King’s daughter.
[Note 2: Those who aspire for what is too lofty and far away, while not doing what is necessary adequately to get closer will never reach their spiritual goals. There should be continual cultivation for more blessings and wisdom (福慧). Mere pining should never be mistaken as actual spiritual attainment.]
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