[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) › 2.26 # 緇門警訓 2.26 緇門警訓 2.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.26) 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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.25) - [Next: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.27) - [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.2.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.91) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.26) · Pramāṇa