緇門警訓 3.45

3.45

記云。據僧傳中所敘。南岳道休二師不衣綿帛。並服艾絮。故南山律師云。佛法東漸幾六百載。唯斯衡岳慈行可歸。今時禪講自謂大乘不拘事相。綾羅鬪美紫碧爭鮮。肆恣貪情背違聖教。聖不聞衡岳但服艾絮以御風霜。天台四十餘年唯披一衲。永嘉食不畊鉏衣不蠶口。荊溪大布而衣一床而居。良由深解大乘。方乃專崇苦行。請觀祖德勿染邪風。則稟教修身。真佛子矣。

The Subcommentary states: "According to what is recounted in the Biographies of Monks, the two masters of Nanyue and Daoxiu did not wear silk or floss; both wore mugwort-floss. Therefore Vinaya Master Nanshan said: 'The Buddha Dharma has flowed eastward for nearly six hundred years; only this compassionate conduct of Mount Heng is worthy of refuge.' Nowadays, those engaged in Chan and lecturing call themselves Mahāyāna and do not restrict themselves by phenomenal forms; they compete in the beauty of patterned silks and gauze, vying in the brightness of purple and cyan, giving free rein to greedy desires and running contrary to the sacred teaching. Have they not heard that Hengyue wore only mugwort-floss to resist the wind and frost; Tiantai draped only a single patched robe for over forty years; Yongjia ate food not ploughed by oxen and wore clothing not spun from silkworm mouths; and Jingxi wore coarse cloth and lived on a single bed? Truly because they deeply understood the Mahāyāna, they exclusively revered ascetic practice. Please observe the virtues of the patriarchs and do not be contaminated by perverse trends; then, receiving the teachings and cultivating the body, you will be true disciples of the Buddha."