念佛鏡 2.65

2.65

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.