[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) › 5.8 # 緇門警訓 5.8 緇門警訓 5.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.8) 佛祖門風將委地。說著令人心膽碎。扶持全在我兒孫。不料兒孫先作弊。紛紛走北向奔南。昧却正因營雜事。滿目風埃滿面塵。業識茫茫無本據。縱饒挂搭在僧堂。直待版鳴歸被位。聚頭寮舍鼓是非。收足蒲團便瞌睡。癡雲靉靆性天昏。石火交煎心鼎沸。暫時寂寂滯輕安。一向冥冥墮無記。百丈清規不肯行。外道經書勤講義。因果分明當等閒。罪福昭然渾不懼。或遷一榻一間房。放逸總由身口意。頭上瓦脚下磚。身上衣口中味。一一皆出信心檀越人家施。未成道業若為消。捫心幾箇知慚愧。今日三明日四。閒處光陰盡虛棄。一朝老病來相尋。閻翁催請死符至。從前所作業不忘。三塗七趣從茲墜。袈裟失却復再難。鱗甲羽毛披則易。看他古之學道流。直忘人世輕名利。煮黃精煨紫芋。飯一摶水一器。為療形枯聊接氣。石爛松枯竟不知。洗心便作累生計。物外清閑一味高。世上黃金何足貴。劫空田地佛花開。香風觸破娘生鼻。選佛場中及第歸。圓覺伽藍恣游戲。茲因結制夜小參。不覺所言成此偈。 > The style of the Buddhas and ancestors is about to fall to the ground; > Speaking of it makes one's heart and gall break to pieces. > Sustaining it rested entirely upon my descendants, > Yet unexpectedly the descendants were the first to commit corruptions. > In swarms they run north and rush south, > Obscuring the true cause to manage miscellaneous affairs. > Eyes filled with wind and dust, faces covered with grime, > Karmic consciousness is vast and adrift, without a fundamental basis. > Even though they lodge in the saṅgha hall, > Only when the wooden sounding board strikes do they return to their bedding places. > Huddling together in their quarters to stir up right and wrong, > Pulling up their feet on the cushion, they immediately doze off. > Dense clouds of ignorance gather, dimming the heaven of their nature; > Flint-sparks collide and burn, their minds boiling like a cauldron. > Temporarily still, they stagnate in light pliancy; > Completely darkened, they fall into the unrecorded state. > Unwilling to practice the Pure Rules of Baizhang, > They diligently expound the meanings of externalist scriptures. > Treating cause and effect as plain and ordinary, > With offense and blessing clearly evident, they are completely without fear. > Or they move to a single couch in a single room, > Negligence stemming wholly from body, speech, and mind. > The tiles above their heads, the bricks beneath their feet, > The robes on their bodies, the tastes in their mouths— > Each and every one comes from the gifts of families of faithful dānapatis. > If the work of the Path is not accomplished, how can they digest them? > Touching their hearts, how few know shame! > Today three, tomorrow four— > Time spent in idle places is entirely thrown away. > One day old age and sickness come to seek them out; > Old Man Yama presses with summons, and the tally of death arrives. > The karma created in the past is not forgotten; > From this they fall into the three wretched destinies and seven paths. > Once the kāṣāya is lost, it is difficult to regain; > Scales, shells, and feathers are easy to put on. > Look at those who studied the Path in ancient times: > They utterly forgot the human world, making light of fame and profit. > Boiling Solomon's seal, roasting purple taros, > A single ball of rice, a single vessel of water, > To remedy their withered bodies and barely maintain breath. > Though rocks rotted and pines withered, they were entirely oblivious; > Purifying the mind, they made plans for lifetimes to come. > Pure leisure beyond material things is of supreme flavour; > How could gold in the world be worthy of value? > In the field of the empty kalpa, Buddha-flowers bloom; > Fragrant wind breaks open the nose born of one's mother. > Graduating and returning from the field for selecting Buddhas, > One roams at will in the saṅghārāma of complete enlightenment. > Tonight, on the occasion of the binding of the retreat, during informal instruction, > Unawares, what I said became this verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.9) - [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.5.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.5.8) · Pramāṇa