緇門警訓 2.65

2.65

追遠報恩棄儒從釋。刮磨舊習洗滌世緣。截斷眾流壁立千仞。
文章筆硯盡把焚除。雪月風花無勞嘲詠。
酒殽財色更莫回頭。聲利榮華豈須著眼。
末流狂妄正法澆漓。但欲變形何嘗涉道。
雖云捨俗俗習不除。盡說出塵塵緣不斷。
纔親講肆擬作闍黎。未入叢林望為長老。
避溺投火豈覺盲癡。却步求前實為顛倒。
釋心儒服代不乏人。釋服儒心世途目擊。
律防麁暴禪息妄緣。深究苦空常思厭離邪師惡友畏若豺狼。
善導良朋親如父母。低心似地緘口如愚。
摧挫我人消停意氣。端居靜室課念遣時。
送想樂邦一心待盡。若能如此吾復何憂。
厥或不然子當裁酌。

Pursuing the distant and repaying kindness, I abandoned Confucianism to follow Śākya, / Scraped away old habits and washed clean worldly conditions, / Cutting off all streams, standing steep like a precipice of a thousand cubits.
Compositions, brushes, and inkstones are all cast away and burned; / Snow, moon, wind, and flowers need not be mocked or sung.
Wine, delicacies, wealth, and sex—never look back at them; / Fame, profit, glory, and splendor—how could you set your sights upon them?
Latter-day followers are rash and wild, and the saddharma is diluted and thin; / They only wish to change their appearance, but when have they ever touched the Way?
Though they speak of renouncing the world, worldly habits are not removed; / They all talk of transcending the dust, yet dust-conditions are not severed.
Hardly having approached the lecture halls, they intend to act as ācāryas; / Not yet having entered the monasteries, they hope to become sthaviras.
Fleeing drowning only to jump into fire, how are they not blindly foolish? / Stepping backward while seeking to move forward is truly inverted!
Those with the mind of Śākya in Confucian dress have never been lacking through the ages; / Those in the dress of Śākya with Confucian minds are seen on every worldly path.
The Vinaya guards against gross violence; Chan rests false conditions; / Deeply investigate suffering and emptiness, and constantly reflect on revulsion and detachment. / Dread perverse teachers and evil companions as though they were jackals and wolves;
Draw close to good guides and fine friends as though to your own father and mother. / Lower your mind like the earth; seal your mouth like a fool;
Break down the sense of self and others; extinguish your temperament and pride. / Reside upright in a quiet chamber, reciting and reflecting to pass the time;
Send your thoughts to the Land of Bliss, waiting with a single mind until the end. / If you can be like this, what further sorrow do I have?
If perhaps you are not so, you must weigh and consider it yourself.