[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) › 5.10 # 緇門警訓 5.10 緇門警訓 5.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.10) 六月七月天不雨。農家曉夜忙車水。背皮焦裂脚底疼。眼花無力欲悶死。公人又來逼夏稅。稅絲納了要盤費。大麥小麥盡量還。一日三飡不周備。思量我輩出家兒。現成受用都不知。進道身心無一點。東邊浪宕西邊嬉。三箇五箇聚頭坐。開口便說他人過。及乎歸到暗室中。背理虧心無不做。莫言墮在異類中。來生定作栽田翁。前來所說苦如此。那時難與今時同。古德訓徒有一語。對人天眾拈來舉。緇田無一簣之功。鐵圍陷百刑之苦。 > In the sixth and seventh months heaven sends no rain; > Farming families night and dawn are busy turning waterwheels. > The skin on their backs is scorched and cracked, the soles of their feet ache; > Their eyes blur and they have no strength, about to faint and die. > Bailiffs come again to press for summer taxes; > Once the tax silk is paid, they demand travel expenses. > Barley and wheat are paid to the utmost, > And three meals a day are not provided in full. > Consider us children who have undergone pravrajyā: > Enjoying ready-made provisions, we do not recognize it at all. > Advancing in the Path, body and mind do not have a single bit; > To the east we wander about, to the west we play. > Gathering three or five heads together, > As soon as we open our mouths we speak of the faults of others. > And when we return to the dark room, > Violating reason and betraying conscience, there is nothing we do not do. > Do not say you will fall among different kinds of beings; > In the next life you are certain to become an old farmer tilling the fields! > The suffering described before is just like this; > At that time it will be hard for it to be the same as today. > An ancient virtuous master had a saying to instruct disciples, > Which I bring up before the assembly of humans and devas: > 'In the black-robed field, not a single basketful of effort; > In the Iron Enclosure, the suffering of a hundred punishments.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.9) - [Next: 5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.11) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.5.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.10) · Pramāṇa