梵網經古迹記 2.185

2.185

The commentary states: A bodhisattva practicing the path should cherish every inch of time; wasting time is instituted as an offense. 'Conch' means a shell. The Nirvāṇa[-sūtra] says: 'Blowing the conch to know the hour.' 'Horns' are also wind instruments, musical instruments of the Western regions. Regarding 'the game of polasai', Master Fazang says: 'It is a Western military board game in which two players each hold twenty-some small jade pieces, ride elephants or horses, and compete for crucial routes on the board paths to secure victory.' 'Flicking chess' involves using a finger to flick a piece, winning by distance; the Shishuo [xinyu] says flicking chess originated in the Wei palace. 'Liubo' means shuangliu. 'Pitch-pot' involves throwing rods into a pot. 'The formation of eight paths' (this has no translator's gloss). Regarding 'nail-gazing', Master Fazang says: 'I have heard that Western magicians smear medicine on their fingernails and chant incantations over them, whereupon they see good and bad omens therein.' All such forms of divination are sorcery. Furthermore, using magic herbs, or incanting over willow twigs, begging bowls, or human skulls are all used for divination to discern good and bad omens.