[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) › 8.85 # 緇門警訓 8.85 緇門警訓 8.85 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.85) 咄哉此身。爾生何為。資之以食。覆之以衣。處身以室。 病之以醫。百事將養一時不虧。殊不知恩反生怨違。 四大互惱五臟相欺。此身無常一息別離。 此身不淨九孔常垂。百千癰疽一片薄皮。 此身可惡無貪惜之。當使此身依法修持。 三種淨觀十六思惟。一行不退安養西歸。 成無上智是為心師。 > Alas, this body! > For what were you born? > Sustained with food, > Covered with clothing, > Housed in a chamber, > Given medicine when sick— > Nurtured in a hundred ways, not lacking for a moment. > Yet it knows nothing of gratitude, turning instead to resentment and defiance: > The four elements torment each other, and the five viscera deceive one another. > This body is impermanent: with a single breath comes departure. > This body is impure: the nine apertures ever discharge. > A hundred thousand ulcers and boils, covered by a single sheet of thin skin! > This body is detestable; do not greedily cherish it. > You should cause this body to cultivate according to the Dharma: > The three kinds of pure contemplation, the sixteen contemplations. > Through the one practice without regression, return west to Peace and Sustenance. > Achieving unsurpassed wisdom: this is taking the mind as teacher. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.84) - [Next: 8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.86) - [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.8.85) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.8.85) · Pramāṇa