[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) › [禪林寶訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022) › 1.19 # 禪林寶訓 1.19 禪林寶訓 1.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.19) 大覺曰。舜老夫賦性簡直。不識權衡貨殖等事。日有定課曾不少易。雖炙燈掃地皆躬為之。嘗曰。古人有一日不作一日不食之戒。予何人也。雖垂老其志益堅。或曰。何不使左右人。老夫曰。經涉寒暑。起坐不常。不欲勞之。 > Dajue said: “Shun Laofu was endowed with a simple and straightforward nature, not knowing matters such as weighing and measuring or trading and accumulating. Every day he had fixed routines that he never altered in the slightest. Even tending the lamps and sweeping the floor he did with his own hands. He once said: ‘The ancients had the admonition, “A day without work is a day without food.” What kind of person am I?’ Even in declining old age, his resolve became firmer. Someone said: ‘Why do you not employ attendants?’ Laofu said: ‘Passing through the cold and heat, rising and sitting are irregular; I do not wish to fatigue them.’” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.20) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022~en-mt.1.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.1.19) · Pramāṇa