昔有一人在路而行，道中得一金鼠狼，心生喜踊持置怀中，涉道而进至水欲渡，脱衣置地，寻时金鼠变为毒蛇。
In the past, there was a person on the road then travelling. In the middle of the path, getting a gold weasel, his mind gave rise to joy. Holding and placing it within his embrace, he set off on the path and advanced. Reaching water, desiring to cross it, he took off his clothes and placed them on the ground. In a moment, the gold weasel changed to be a poisonous snake.
此人深思：「宁为毒蛇螫杀，要当怀去。」
This person deeply contemplated, ‘Rather to be by the poisonous snake stung and killed, I should also embrace it and go.’
心至冥感，还化为金。傍边愚人见其毒蛇变成真宝，谓为恒尔，复取毒蛇内著怀里，即为毒蛇之所蜇螫，丧身殒命。
With his mind utmost sincere, secretly having connection, it returned by transforming to be gold. A nearby foolish person, seeing that poisonous snake changing to become true gold, thinking it is constantly thus, again obtained the poisonous snake, attached within his embrace. Then by the poisonous snake, as that stung, losing his body and dying.
世间愚人亦复如是，见善获利内无真心，但为利养来附于法，命终之后堕于恶处，如捉毒蛇被螫而死。
The world’s foolish people are likewise thus, seeing doing good obtaining benefits, without the true sincere mind within, only for profit and gain coming to be attached to the Dharma. After their lives end, falling into evil places, they are like the person catching the poisonous snake, by it stung, then dying.
[Note: (There should not be risking of precious life for worldly gains.) To truly have benefits, there must be doing of good, with good and sincere intentions to benefit others, with this creating good karmas (善业). Otherwise, even if a deed appeared good, but was done for selfish benefits, to the extent that there was greed, evil karmas (恶业) were created instead.]
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