緇門警訓 2.42

2.42

捨家出家何所以。稽首空王求出離。三師七證定初機。
剃𩬊染衣發弘誓。去貪瞋除鄙悋。
十二時中常謹慎。鍊磨真性若虛空。自然戰退魔軍陣。
勤學習尋師匠。說與同人堪倚仗。
莫教心地亂如麻。百歲光陰等閑喪。踵前賢學先聖。
盡假聞思修得證。行住坐臥要精專。
念念無差始相應。佛真經十二部。縱橫指示菩提路。
不習不聽不依行。問君何日心開悟。
速須究似頭然。莫待明年與後年。一息不來即後世。
誰人保得此身堅。不蠶衣不田食。織女耕夫汗血力。
為成道業施將來。道業未成爭消得。
哀哀父哀哀母。嚥苦吐甘大辛苦。就濕回乾養育成。
要襲門風繼先祖。一旦辭親求剃落。
八十九十無依託。若不超凡越聖流。
向此因循全大錯。福田衣降龍鉢。受用一生求解脫。
若因小利繫心懷。彼岸涅槃爭得達。
善男子汝須知。遭逢難得似今時。既遇出家披縷褐。
猶如浮木值盲龜。大丈夫須猛利。緊束身心莫容易。
倘能行願力相扶。決定龍華親授記。

Abandoning home and leaving the household—what is the reason? / Bowing one's head to the King of Emptiness, seeking deliverance. / The three preceptors and seven witnesses establish the initial capacity; / Shaving the hair and dyeing the robes, one gives rise to the great vow. / Cast off greed and anger; eliminate pettiness and stinginess. / Throughout the twelve two-hour periods, constantly be cautious and heedful. / Polish and temper the true nature until it is like empty space; / Naturally, you will repulse the battle arrays of the demonic armies. / Diligently study and practice, seeking out masters; / Speak to your peers who are worthy of reliance. / Do not let the mind-ground become tangled like hemp; / A hundred years of time are casually wasted. / Follow in the steps of former worthies and learn from past sages; / Through hearing, contemplation, and cultivation, all attain realization. / In walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, one must be focused and dedicated; / Only when thought after thought is without error will there be resonance. / The twelve divisions of the Buddha's true scriptures / Comprehensively point out the path to bodhi. / If you neither study nor listen nor practice in accordance, / I ask you, on what day will your mind open in awakening? / You must urgently investigate as if your head were on fire; / Do not wait for next year or the year after. / Once a single breath fails to return, that is the next life; / Who can guarantee that this body is firm? / You do not raise silkworms for clothes, nor do you plow fields for food; / It is the blood and sweat of weaving women and tilling men. / Bestowed upon you so that you may accomplish the karma of the Way— / If the karma of the Way is not yet accomplished, how can you consume it? / Mournful is the father, mournful is the mother; / Swallowing the bitter and spitting out the sweet, their bitter toil was great. / Turning the dry side to the child while lying in the wet, they nurtured and reared you, / Wishing you to carry on the family style and succeed the ancestors. / One morning you bid farewell to your kin to seek the shaving of your head, / Leaving them at eighty or ninety with nothing to rely on. / If you do not transcend the ordinary and surpass the noble stream, / Following along in this laxity is an utter, colossal mistake. / The robe of the field of merit and the bowl that tames the dragon: / Partake of them for a whole life to seek liberation. / If on account of small gains you bind your mind, / How will you ever reach the other shore of nirvāṇa? / Good sons, you must know: / An encounter as rare as this present time / When you have met with leaving home and donning the patched hemp / Is like a blind turtle meeting a floating piece of wood. / A great man must be fierce and sharp; / Tighten the reins of body and mind; do not take things lightly. / If the power of practice and vows can mutually sustain you, / You will certainly receive the personal prediction of buddhahood at the Dragon Flower Assembly.