[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) › 6.23 # 緇門警訓 6.23 緇門警訓 6.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.6.23) 乾明寺者去郡百里。古曰石門。因勅易之。高山峻谷虎豹所伏。岐路磽确人烟敻絕。非志於道者罔能棲其心也。遊宦之徒羈束利名。雖觀其勝絕而罕能陟其境。道守郡日知有學者。法字守榮。自雍熙五年參尋而至。後安禪之堂卑隘墮壞。於是發心重構。克堅其志聚落求化。多歷年所。召良工市美材。迄景德三年始告成。凡五間十一架。春有學徒慧果。携錫至京請余識之。將刊于石。乃書曰。自佛法廣被。達磨西來。具信根者求證本源。星居曠野蔽身草木。衣不禦寒食不充腹。及正法漸漓人法替怠。百丈禪師乃營其棟宇。以安老病。邇來禪剎競構宏壯。少年初學恣臥其間。殊不知化緣者勞形苦骨。施財者邀福懺罪。明因果者如臥鐵床。若當冤敵自非朝夕。密密增長聖胎。其次親善知識者。志求解脫。可以暫容其形。龍神攸護。其或心汩蓋纏。身利溫煖。不察無明。不知命縮。惟記語言。自謂究竟。韶盡遷謝墮彼惡趣。丈夫猛利得不動心者哉。榮公生鳳翔虢邑。出家於雍州鄠縣白雲山淨居禪院。大中祥符二年四月八日記。 > Qianming Monastery is located one hundred li from the commandery; in ancient times it was called Shimen, but it was changed by imperial decree. With high mountains and deep valleys where tigers and leopards lurk, rugged paths and distant isolation from human habitation, unless one is resolved upon the Way, none can settle their mind there. Men wandering in officialdom are bound by profit and fame; though viewing its supreme beauty, they rarely ascend to its realm. While governing the commandery, Dao knew there was a scholar of the Dharma named Shourong, who had traveled and sought \[the Dharma\] here since the fifth year of the Yongxi era. Later, the hall for peaceful meditation became cramped, dilapidated, and ruined, whereupon he resolved to rebuild it. Firmly maintaining his aspiration, he sought alms in the settlements over many years. He summoned skilled artisans, purchased fine timber, and at last brought it to completion in the third year of the Jingde era, measuring five bays and eleven rafters. In spring, his disciple Huiguo came carrying his staff to the capital to ask me to write a record of it, to be carved on stone. Thereupon I wrote: Since the Buddha's Dharma spread widely and Bodhidharma came from the west, those possessing roots of faith sought to realize the original source, living like stars in the wilderness, sheltering their bodies among grasses and trees, their clothing not warding off the cold and their food not filling their bellies. As the true Dharma gradually waned and humans and teachings declined into laxity, Chan Master Baizhang constructed buildings to provide peace for the aged and sick. Recently, Chan monasteries have competed to construct grand and magnificent buildings, where young beginners lie at ease, wholly unaware that the fundraisers labor their bodies and weary their bones, and the donors seek blessings and repent sins. Those who understand cause and effect feel as if lying on an iron bed or facing mortal enemies; unless morning and night they intimately nurture the sage embryo, then at least, by drawing close to good spiritual friends and aspiring for liberation, they may temporarily accommodate their physical forms and be protected by dragons and spirits. But if their minds are submerged by coverings and fetters, and their bodies take pleasure in warmth, failing to examine their ignorance and not knowing their lives are shrinking, merely memorizing words and considering themselves ultimate, then when their youth is exhausted and they pass away, they will fall into evil destinies. Can an energetic, courageous man remain unmoved in heart? Master Rong was born in Guo town of Fengxiang, and left household life at the Jingju Chan Cloister on Mount Baiyun in Hu County of Yongzhou. Recorded on the eighth day of the fourth month of the second year of the Dazhong Xiangfu era. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.6.22) - [Next: 6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.6.24) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.6.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.6.23) · Pramāṇa