釋門歸敬儀 1.31

1.31

然則封迷長劫，佛世有退席之人；不識分量，季俗豐輕生之士。此竝不思之徒也。當知我身屬於他緣，冥冥不知來處；我神屬於惑業，忽忽莫測何心。《經》云：「命如風中燈，不知滅時節。今日復明日，不覺死時至。冥冥隨業緣，不知生何道？」此至言也。乾豆莫干其慮，吁可悲哉！

However, trapped in delusion for long kalpas, there were people who withdrew from their seats even in the Buddha's era; failing to know their own measure, the decadent times abound with scholars who treat life lightly. All these belong to the company of the unthinking. One should know that our body belongs to other conditions, darkly unaware of whence it came; our spirit belongs to delusion and karma, rushing along without divining what kind of mind it is. A sūtra says: "Life is like a lamp in the wind: / One knows not the moment it will be extinguished. / Today follows another today, / Without realizing the arrival of death. / Darkly following karmic conditions, / One knows not in what path one will be born." These are supreme words. Yet trivial affairs never disturb their concerns—alas, how sorrowful!