[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) › 2.28 # 緇門警訓 2.28 緇門警訓 2.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.28) 卿已出家永辭宗族。無親無疎清淨無欲。吉則不歡凶則不慼。 超然縱容豁然離俗。志存玄妙軌真守樸。 得度廣濟普蒙福祿。如何無心仍著染觸。 空諍長短銖兩升斛。與世諍利何盡僮僕。 經道不明德行不足。如是出家徒自毀辱。 今故誨示宜自洗浴。 > You have already left home, taking leave of your clan forever. > Having neither kin nor strangers, remain pure and free from desires. > Do not rejoice in good fortune; do not grieve over calamity. > Transcend and be carefree, open and detached from the mundane. > Fix your will upon the profound and marvelous; emulate truth and preserve simplicity. > Attaining deliverance to broadly save, all will receive blessings and prosperity. > How is it that with no \[spiritual\] mind, you still cling to defiling contacts, > Arguing in vain over lengths, drams and ounces, pints and pecks? > Contending for gain with the world, how are you any different from servants? > The scriptures and Way are not illuminated, and virtuous conduct is insufficient. > Leaving home in such a manner, you merely bring disgrace upon yourselves. > Now, therefore, I instruct and indicate: you should wash and purify yourselves! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.27) - [Next: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.29) - [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.2.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.92) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.28) · Pramāṇa