[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) › 8.43 # 緇門警訓 8.43 緇門警訓 8.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.43) 詳夫麫豈天然。麥非地涌。盡眾生之汗血。乃檀越之脂膏。本療形枯為成道業。尋常受用尚恐難消。況於盪洗精英唯餘筋滓。全資五味借美色香。巧製千端擬形魚肉。致使鵝毛白雪之狀。逐水流離常堂。口分之飡三分去二。如斯枉費實謂無慚。昧稼穡之艱難。減龍神之祐護。設具輪王之福。猶須瓦解氷消。雖非害命傷生。寧不招因帶果。大覺世尊一麻一麥。古來高士果菜充饑。飲食之侈未除。解脫之期安在。但願參禪得髓。何須洗麵求筋。縱消萬兩黃金。正好粗羹淡飯。既免多求妨道。自然所向清高。雖云淡薄家風。別是一般安樂。痛想圓通慈訓。真堪換骨洗腸（法雲圓通禪師常戒學徒不得洗麪）深思舜老規繩。須是斬釘截鐵（雲居舜和尚制常住及諸莊並不令洗麪）大眾同推道念。莫嫌供養蕭疎。假饒斫下山僧頭。決定不洗常住麫。元符三年十一月一日住持宗賾白。 > Consider carefully: does flour appear naturally? Does wheat spring forth from the earth? It is entirely the sweat and blood of sentient beings, the fat and grease of the dānapatis. Originally meant to sustain the withered body so as to accomplish the karmic task of the Way, even its ordinary consumption is feared to be hard to digest. How much more so when washing away its essence, leaving only the gluten dregs! Completely relying on the five flavors, borrowing artificial colors and fragrances, skillfully crafting a thousand forms to imitate fish and meat! This causes what was like goose feathers and white snow to drift away with the water; of the daily meal rations for the permanent hall, two parts out of three are discarded. Such wasteful extravagance is truly shameless. It is to be blind to the hardships of sowing and reaping, and to diminish the protection of the nāgas and spirits. Even if one possessed the merit of a cakravartin, it would still dissolve like tiles crumbling and ice melting. Although it does not directly take life or injure living beings, how could it not bring about cause and entail effect? The Greatly Awakened Bhagavat ate a single hemp seed and a single grain of wheat; eminent masters of old satisfied their hunger with wild fruits and vegetables. If extravagance in food and drink is not removed, where can the time of liberation be? One should only wish to attain the marrow in Chan inquiry; why must one wash flour to seek gluten? Even if one could digest ten thousand ounces of yellow gold, coarse broth and bland rice are just right. If one is spared seeking much and thereby hindering the Way, one's orientation will naturally become pure and lofty. Though it is called a plain and austere family style, it is uniquely peaceful and joyful. Painfully reflecting on the kind instructions of Yuantong, they are truly fit to change one's bones and wash one's bowels. (Chan Master Yuantong of Fayun constantly admonished students never to wash flour.) Deeply pondering the rules and regulations of Elder Shun, one must be resolute as cutting nails and shearing iron. (Upādhyāya Shun of Yunju established the rule that neither the permanent residence nor any of its estates were permitted to wash flour.) May the great assembly together promote the aspiration for the Way and not despise sparse and meager offerings. Even if this mountain monk's head were chopped off, I will resolutely never wash the flour of the permanent residence. Announced by the Abbot Zongze on the first day of the eleventh month in the third year of the Yuanfu era \[1100 CE\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.42) - [Next: 8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.44) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.8.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.43) · Pramāṇa