緇門警訓 9.151

9.151

Fold your garments, arrange your shoes;
Economize the use of spatulas, use water drop by drop.
Hush speech; advance and stop with composure.
Consider that this body is filled with excrement;
Foul beyond smelling, defiled beyond viewing.
A walking latrine, a leather bag, truly contemptible!
Why indulge in desire for the body without shame?
Why delight in and crave rich delicacies for food?
Habitual afflictions form causes, and retribution is inevitable.
Once entering Avīci, it lasts for endless kalpas;
Suffering and joy abide in the mind, ascent and descent depend on oneself.
How could the Way be far? It is only that one has not thought of it.