熾盛光道場念誦儀 1.88

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遵依法式，不得師心，勿憚勤勞，事事供給，皆可意裁。此事千條，不可盡說，今略示五事，粗可行持：第一、欲陳法會，家中長幼盡須同心，去其酒肉、五辛等物。施主每日隨僧禮佛，陳吐懺悔。第二、當齋僧次，躬須給侍，不得坐於僧上，稱是主人，放縱談笑。第三、佛前供養須倍於僧，凡聖等心，事事精細。第四、盡其所惜，施佛及僧，勿得隱細用麁，世世招失意果報。第五、道場緩急，不得使僧。此是福田，翻為僮僕，豈得然乎？我今此說，智者知之。有愚者，為檀越之家，嫌難遵奉。門僧無識，見有揀眾之言，恐為所鄙，不能盡行。吾知此文將被燒滅，願十方三寶及有識者，用力護持。

Comply with the ritual models and do not follow your own whims; do not shy away from diligence and toil, and let every provision be made properly according to sense. These matters number by the thousands and cannot be described exhaustively; now I briefly indicate five points that can generally be put into practice: First, when intending to display a Dharma gathering, everyone in the family, old and young, must be of one mind, removing alcohol, meat, the five pungent roots, and such items. The patrons must follow the monks daily in bowing to the Buddha, confessing and repenting. Second, when it is time to feed the monks, you must attend to and serve them in person, and not sit above the monks, claiming to be the host and indulging in talking and laughing. Third, offerings before the Buddha must be double those offered to the monks; view ordinary and holy with an equal mind, making every matter meticulous. Fourth, give that which you cherish most to the Buddha and monks, and do not conceal the fine while using the coarse, which incurs the karmic retribution of frustration lifetime after lifetime. Fifth, whether in urgent or routine affairs of the bodhimaṇḍa, you must not use the monks as servants. These are fields of merit; turning them into domestic servants—how could that ever be right? What I state now will be understood by the wise. There are foolish ones who, out of concern for the dānapati families, will consider it too difficult to comply with and uphold. Household monks lack discernment, and seeing words that distinguish and select among the assembly, they will fear being held in contempt and will be unable to fully practice it. I know this text will be burned and destroyed; I pray that the Three Jewels of the ten directions and those of discernment will strive with all their strength to protect and maintain it.