止觀輔行傳弘決 8.21

8.21

次明病因緣中，文自為六。次「食不節以成病」者，亦如《博物志》云「若雜食者，百疾妖邪之所鍾。」食逾少心愈明，食逾多身逾損，故食不可過度。故《要覽》云「夫病從口入、禍從口出。故君子慎言語、節飲食。」

Next, in explaining the causes and conditions of disease, the text is divided into six parts. Next, regarding 'disease developing from immoderate eating', it is also as the Bowuzhi says: 'For those who eat indiscriminately, all diseases and demonic abnormalities congregate.' The less one eats, the clearer the mind becomes; the more one eats, the more the body is damaged; therefore, food must not be taken in excess. Thus the Yaolan states: 'Disease enters through the mouth, and disaster exits from the mouth. Therefore, the noble person is cautious in speech and temperate in eating and drinking.'