[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [止觀輔行傳弘決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912) › 8.21 # 止觀輔行傳弘決 8.21 止觀輔行傳弘決 8.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.8.21) 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.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.8.20) - [Next: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.8.22) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912~en-mt.8.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1912.8.21) · Pramāṇa