英文：

　　Once upon a time, there was a boy who was playing on dry land and caught a big turtle. he intended to kill it, but he did not know how to do so. therefore, he asked someone and he was told, "you just throw it into the water and he'll be killed at once."

　　The boy believed the words and cast it into the water. once in water, the turtle swam away.

　　This is also held to be true with the common people. hoping to protect their six sense organs and consecrating themselves to meritorious works, people do not know how to do so. accordingly, they begin to ask others how to bring about deliverance. to them, the heretics, maras, the evil ones and the wicked friends say in their words, "you just have to be fond of the six sense organs and indulge in the five desires. as i'm telling you, you'll get deliverance."

　　Such stupid men follow these words without deep thinking and fall into the three evil paths of transmigration on the dissolution of the body after death. this is just like that boy throwing the turtle into the water.

　　古文：

　　昔有一小兒，陸地游戲，得一大龜，意欲殺之，不知方便，而問人言：“云何得殺？”有人語言：“汝但擲置水中，即時可殺。”

　　爾時小兒，信其語故，即擲水中。龜得水已，即便走去。

　　凡夫之人，亦復如是。欲守護六根，修諸功德，不解方便，而問人言：“作何因緣而得解脫？”邪見外道、天魔波旬，及乃惡知識而語之言：“汝但極意六塵，恣精五欲，如我語者，必得解脫。”

　　如是愚人，不諦思維，便用其語，身壞命終，墮三惡道。如彼小兒擲龜水中。

　　譯文：

　　曾有一個小兒，在陸地游戲，得了一只大龜，想殺掉它，卻不知怎樣下手，便問人道：“怎么才能殺掉呢？”有人告訴他：“你只要擲入水中去，立刻就可殺死。”當時小兒信了他的話，就擲入水中。龜得了水，便游走而去。

　　凡夫之人也是這樣，想守護眼耳鼻舌身意這六根，修行種種功德，不知如何入手，便問人道：“作什么樣相生相助的事情才能解脫呢？”邪見外道、天魔波旬及壞朋友惡導師就對他說：“你只要縱意于色聲香味觸法六塵，恣情于財色名食睡五欲，照我的話做去，必定能得解脫。”這個人不好好想想，就依了他的話去施行，這樣的愚人身壞命終后就墮于三惡道，就像那小兒將龜擲于水中一般，殺不死，反而跑了，這愚人縱意恣情，得不了解脫，反墮入惡涂。

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