[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) › [勅修百丈清規](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025) › 6.16 # 勅修百丈清規 6.16 勅修百丈清規 6.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.16) 無量壽禪師述序曰。脫塵離俗圓頂方袍。大率經歷叢林。切要洞明規矩。舉措未諳法度。動止不合律儀。縱有善友良朋。詎肯深錐痛劄。循習成弊改革固難。致令叢席荒涼。轉使人心懈怠。屢見尋帝目前過患。遂集百丈成規楷模。原始要終從朝至暮。要免頭頭敗闕。直須一一遵行。然後敢言究己明心了生達死。世間法即是出世間法。行脚人可貽未行脚人。庶幾不負出家身心。抑亦同報佛祖恩德。謹列于后。 > Chan Master Wuliangshou's preface states: To escape the dust and leave the secular world, shaving the crown and donning square robes, one generally passes through monastic groves, where it is of crucial importance to comprehend the regulations clearly. If one's conduct is unversed in the standards and one's movements do not accord with the vinaya rules and deportment, even if there are good friends and virtuous companions, how would they be willing to offer deep piercing and painful prodding? When following habits forms abuses, reform is certainly difficult, causing the monastic assemblies to become desolate and turning people's minds toward negligence. Having frequently observed the faults and perils occurring before one's eyes in ordinary times, I have collected Baizhang's established rules and models from beginning to end, from morning to evening. To avoid failing at every turn, one must directly observe and follow them one by one. Only then may one dare speak of examining oneself, clarifying the mind, and understanding birth while penetrating death. Mundane phenomena are themselves supramundane phenomena. Those who wander on pilgrimage may bequeath this to those who have not yet wandered on pilgrimage, so that they might not betray their body and mind in renouncing the household life, and also collectively repay the benevolent virtue of the buddhas and patriarchs. They are respectfully set forth below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.15) - [Next: 6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.17) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025~en-mt.6.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2025.6.16) · Pramāṇa