緇門警訓 2.26

2.26

卿已出家棄俗辭君。應自誨勵志果青雲。財色不顧與世不群。
金玉不貴惟道為珍。約己守節甘苦樂貧。
進德自度又能度人。如何改操趨走風塵。
坐不暖席馳騖東西。劇如徭役縣官所牽。
經道不通戒德不全。朋友蚩弄同學棄捐。
如是出家徒喪天年。今故誨勵宜各自憐。

You have already left home, casting off the mundane and taking leave of the sovereign.
You should encourage yourself, with aspirations reaching the blue clouds.
Giving no regard to wealth or sex, you do not flock with the worldly.
Valuing neither gold nor jade, you regard only the Way as precious.
Restraining yourself and maintaining integrity, relish bitterness and delight in poverty.
Advancing in virtue to deliver yourself, you will also be able to deliver others.
How is it that you have changed your integrity, hurrying about in the mundane dust?
Sitting without warming the mat, galloping east and west,
Worse than corvée labor, dragged about by county magistrates.
Without understanding the scriptures and the Way, precept-virtue remains incomplete.
Friends mock you, and fellow students abandon you.
Leaving home in such a manner, you merely squander your natural lifespan.
Now, therefore, I instruct and encourage you: you should each take pity on yourselves!