[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) › 2.65 # 緇門警訓 2.65 緇門警訓 2.65 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.65) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.64) - [Next: 2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.66) - [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.2.65) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.65) · Pramāṇa