[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) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 2.24 # 緇門警訓 2.24 緇門警訓 2.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.24) 卿已出家永違所生。剃𩬊毀容法服加行。辭親之日上下涕零。 剖愛榮道意凌太清。當遵此志經道修明。 如何無心故存色聲。悠悠竟日經業不成。 德行日損穢積遂盈。師友慚恥凡俗所輕。 如是出家徒自辱名。今故誨勵宜當專精。 > You have already left home, departing forever from those who gave you life. > Having shaved your hair and altered your countenance, you put on the Dharma robes and cultivate practice. > On the day you took leave of your kin, superiors and inferiors wept and shed tears. > Severing love to honor the Way, your intention soared above the Great Clear Heaven. > You should comply with this aspiration, cultivating and illuminating the scriptures and the Way. > How is it that with no \[spiritual\] mind, you still dwell on form and sound? > Passing the whole day in idleness, your scriptural studies are not accomplished. > Virtuous conduct daily diminishes, and accumulated defilements overflow. > Your teachers and friends are put to shame, and ordinary folk treat you with contempt. > Leaving home in such a manner, you merely disgrace your own name. > Now, therefore, I instruct and encourage you: you ought to be devoted and refined! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.2.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.24) · Pramāṇa