百喻經之九十: 地得金錢喻
§90 地得金錢喻
(90) picking up money
昔有貧人在路而行，道中偶得一囊金錢，心中大喜躍，即便數之。數未能周，金主忽至，盡還奪錢。其人當時悔不急去，懊惱之情，甚為極苦。
once upon a time, there was a poor man who picked up a sack of money in the streets. he was overwhelmed with happiness. then he began to count the money. suddenly, the real owner of the money showed up. he had to give back the whole sack. he regretted for not having gone off to a far away place sooner. he felt great pain for his loss.
遇佛法者，亦復如是。雖得值遇三寶福田，不勤方便，修行善業，忽爾命終，墮三惡道。如彼愚人，還為其主奪錢而去。如偈所說：
this is also held to be true with people who come into contact with buddhism. although people have the opportunity to meet the three precious one's blessings, if they are not going earnestly good work's in time, they will fall into the three evil paths of transmigration after their deaths. his is just like that stupid man who gave back the money that he had found. as the stanza has it:
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