[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) › 2.67 # 緇門警訓 2.67 緇門警訓 2.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.67) 四體不勤百事無闕。端坐受用寧知所來。但養穢軀鮮營淨福。 縱懷慚恥尚恐難堪。況處學庠濫參聽教。 求人長短壞彼規繩。假託他緣閃避眾法。 輕陵先覺熒惑後生。規度利名結構朋黨。 不遭惡疾必有餘殃。虛費精神終無成結。 昇沈由已善惡無門。福謝禍來雖悔何及。 斯言非妄汝曹思之。 > The four limbs are not worked, yet of the hundred matters not one is lacking; / Sitting upright to enjoy them, how could one know whence they come? / Merely nourishing this foul body, one rarely cultivates pure merit. > Even if one harbors shame and remorse, it is still to be feared that one cannot bear it; / How much more so when dwelling in academies of study, presumptuously attending and listening to the teachings! > Seeking out others' shortcomings, one destroys their rules and compasses; / Falsely relying on other pretexts, one evades the assembly's regulations. > Despising and humiliating the predecessors, one confuses and deludes the younger generation; / Scheming for profit and fame, one forms cliques and factions. > If one does not contract a vile disease, there will surely be lingering calamities; / Spending spiritual energy in vain, in the end there will be no fruition. > Rising and falling depend on oneself; good and evil have no specific gates; / When blessings fade and disasters arrive, though one repents, what will it avail? > These words are not in vain; you all must ponder them! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.66) - [Next: 2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.68) - [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.2.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.2.67) · Pramāṇa