念佛鏡 2.65

2.65

「能信之人，方始覺知：第一、身業，不得殺、盜、婬，亦不得打害他一切眾生，亦不得觸世間細滑好華、綾羅、錦繡、繒綵、緋紫等，縱逢嚴寒，隨寒即死，終不再著。此物能障當來業道，能沈沒苦海，能令世間疑謗，亦令人怨恨，令人起愛心。女子著好衣，出入遊行，好塗粧粉，令放逸多男子數數頻看不捨，父母多憂便起嗔怒，兄弟懷愁起大嗔怒，世人略見即生疑謗，師僧若見即破淨戒，賊人見時即起盜心，如是等障皆好衣過患，不可盡說。若是孝行者，至死不著好衣，孝行俱成，身行正行，禮讚不虧，迴旋出入，不得擺手急行，亦不得迴頭反視，亦不得抑睛戾眼，若坐不得舒脚，亦不得托地，不得欹睡倚物，唯老、病不在此例。若論眠時，不得脫衣服，亦不得仰眠舒脚及語，此是放逸懈怠，唯除老、病及困時即暫得。苦策懃，晚眠早起，日日如健，神情變利，智慧日日增。若不行依，即名放逸不信之人，罪復不滅，萬事不成，何況病、苦？亦不得往生。

A person who can believe only then begins to realize: first, regarding bodily karma, one must not kill, steal, or commit sexual misconduct, nor must one strike or harm any other sentient beings; nor must one touch the world's fine, smooth, beautiful patterns, damasks, gauzes, brocades, embroideries, silks, crêpes, scarlets, purples, and the like. Even if encountering severe cold and facing death from the cold, one ultimately never wears them again. These things can obstruct one's future path of karma, submerge one in the sea of suffering, cause the world to doubt and slander, cause people to bear resentment, and cause people to give rise to lustful attachment. If a woman wears fine clothes, wanders about going out and coming in, and enjoys applying powders and makeup, causing many wanton men to repeatedly look at her without turning away, her parents will worry greatly and give rise to wrath, her brothers will harbor grief and give rise to great anger, worldly people upon seeing her casually will give rise to suspicion and slander, monks upon seeing her will break their pure precepts, and robbers upon seeing her will give rise to thoughts of theft. Such obstacles are all the faults of fine clothing, which cannot be fully described. If one practices filial conduct, one will not wear fine clothes until death; with filial conduct fully accomplished, the body acts with correct conduct, not deficient in homage and praise; in turning, walking, going out, and coming in, one must not swing the hands and walk hurriedly, nor turn the head to look back, nor roll or squint the eyes; when sitting, one must not stretch out the legs, nor lean hands on the ground, nor recline, sleep, or lean against objects—only the elderly and the sick are not subject to this rule. Regarding sleep, one must not remove one's clothes, nor sleep facing upward with legs stretched out or speak; this is indolence and laxity, permitted only temporarily for the elderly, the sick, or the utterly exhausted. Striving painfully, sleeping late and rising early, being healthy day after day, one's spirit becomes sharp and one's wisdom increases daily. If one does not practice accordingly, one is called an indolent person lacking faith: one's sins will not be extinguished and the ten thousand affairs will not succeed, let alone illness and suffering! Nor will one attain rebirth.