[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) › 2.38 # 緇門警訓 2.38 緇門警訓 2.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.38) 卿已出家性有昏明。學無多少要在修精。上士坐禪中士誦經。 下士堪能塔寺經營。豈可終日一無所成。 立身無聞可謂徒生。今故誨汝宜自端情。 > You have already left home; people's natures are dim or bright. / Learning matters not whether it is much or little; the essential thing is to cultivate diligence. / The superior person practices seated meditation; the middling person recites the scriptures; / The lower person is capable of managing the stupas and monasteries. / How can one pass the entire day without accomplishing a single thing? / To establish oneself without any renown may be called living in vain. / Now, therefore, I instruct you: you should rectify your own mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.37) - [Next: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.39) - [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.2.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.97) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.38) · Pramāṇa