The story of abstaining from lies - The third of the Bunsheng Sutra - the merchants of the Saripo Kingdom
Before the five great kalpas, the Bodhisattva was an honest businessman, in the Saripova (Seriva)The country sells decorations.Sometimes he would travel with another merchant in the country of Saripo who sold the same goods, and he was a very greedy person.
One day, they crossed the river to the hotFuriousAnda Puluo City (Andhapura)Going to do business, as usual, they agree to sell separately along the households to avoid directCompetitionFight.
There is a big dilapidated house in the city. This family was a wealthy businessman before, but the family was in decline and the family fell. To this day, only an old woman and her granddaughter lived, who only rely on being employed to make a living.
That afternoon, the greedy businessmanComeHe went to the street in front of the big house to sell, and he stretched his throat and shouted ∶Sell itemschain!Sell itemschain!
The little granddaughter heard the hawking and begged her grandmother to say ∶Mother-in-law, please buy onestripitemChain toI.
We are very poor, we don't have a penny at home, and I can't find anything to payChangeSomething.
The little granddaughter suddenly remembered that there was an old bowl at home, and she took it.Come,Say to my mother-in-law: Look, thisdirtyThe old bowl is useless to us, so it's better to put itChangeA good looking thing.
The little granddaughter showed the old bowl to her mother-in-law. It was a precious golden bowl for the old owner of this family to eat. He often used it.ComeEat his curry rice since he diedback,It's thrown in other potsplateThere was a thick layer of dust in between, but the two of them had no idea that it was made of gold.
Grandma summoned the businessmanEnterHouse, please sit down,backHolddirtyBowl said to him: Sir, my granddaughter wants astripitemchain,Can youenoughTake this bowl and exchange for something she wants.
This greedy businessman doubted the value of the bowl. He flipped the bowl and secretly used a needle at the bottom of the bowl.SketchHe knew this at a glancedirtyThe bowl is golden.
He sat there, his brain turned quickly, and was finally controlled by his greed, so he decided to get the golden bowl for free and not pay it to them.Change.Then he threw the bowl on the ground and said: Why do you take thisdirtybowlCome,itevenNone of the penny is worth it.Then he rushed out the door angrily.
The two merchants agreed that if one merchant had sold the place, the other merchant could go and sell it, so the honest merchant alsoComeHe went to the street in front of the big house to sell, and he stretched his throat and shouted ∶Sell itemschain!Sell itemschain!
This time, the little granddaughter heard the hawking and begged her mother-in-law again. The old grandmother said: Good granddaughter, the first businessman threw the bowl away, what should I do to hand it over this timeChangeWoolen cloth?
The little granddaughter said: That businessman is very treacherous, mother-in-law! This businessman looks likeComeVery honest, I think he will do it.
This honest businessmanEnterWhen I got into the house, the two mothers and grandchildren were shydirtyHe handed the bowl over to him, and immediately he knew it was a golden bowl. He said to his mother and grandchildren: Mom, this bowl is worth tenTen thousandSorry, I don’t have that much money!
shockSurprised by the words of the businessman, the grandmother said: Sir, another businessman had seen the bowl earlier, and he said it was not worth a penny. He threw the bowl on the ground and left angrily.JustIt’s not worth a penny, but now it must be because of your honesty that this bowl turns into gold.Please take it, just give us something, we will be veryFullI'm interested.
At this time, the honest merchant had only five hundred silver dollars, and his goods were only worth five hundred silver dollars. He gave them all to his grandmother and only asked to keep his scale, bag, and eight silver dollars as the travel expenses for the return journey.The mother and grandson accepted happily. After thanking each other many times, the honest businessman took the gold bowl and quickly walked to the riverside. After paying the eight silver dollars for the boat fare, he got on the boat.
Shortly after the honest businessman left, the greedy businessman returned to the big house and pretended to tell his mother-in-law that he was helpless and was willing to hand over the deal.Change,He wants two grandparentsdirtyTake the bowlCome,He will hand themChangeSomething.
The old grandmother scolded him: You liar! You said our golden bowl is not worth a penny, but fortunately, an honest businessman told us that our golden bowl is worth ten.Ten thousandA silver dollar, heGiveWe will leave after a thousand silver dollars, youComeIt's too late.
The disappointed greedy businessman felt very distressed when he heard this, and he shouted:RobI'm done! HeRobI'm done! HeRobMy tenTen thousandA golden bowl of silver dollars.At this time he became hysterical, lost his mind, threw down his money and goods, tore his clothes, took his scale rod, and rushed to the river to find the honest businessman.
At this time the boat had crossed the river, and he shouted loudly that the boatman turned around, and the honest businessman was only coldquietThe earth told the boatman that you should drive straight to the other side.
The greedy businessman was extremely angry and developed a heart of hatred towards the honest businessman. His heart was angry and he vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, and his heart broke a few times.piece,Dead by the river.
The honest businessman returned to the Kingdom of Saripo, lived a very comfortable life, often giving to the poor, and after his death, he was reincarnated on the good path.
After the Buddha told the story, he said that the honest businessman was his previous life, and the greedy businessman was Devadatta (Devadatta)。From that life, Devadatta's resentment towards the Bodhisattva comes fromComeIt has never stopped.
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