百喻经之九十: 地得金钱喻
§90 地得金钱喻
(90) picking up money
昔有贫人在路而行，道中偶得一囊金钱，心中大喜跃，即便数之。数未能周，金主忽至，尽还夺钱。其人当时悔不急去，懊恼之情，甚为极苦。
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，亦复如是。虽得值遇三宝福田，不勤方便，修行善业，忽尔命终，堕三恶道。如彼愚人，还为其主夺钱而去。如偈所说：
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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