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元天如警誡曰。近世有等出家者。雖云離俗。俗習不除。盡曰出塵。塵緣不斷。經教固不知。參禪又不會。心猿亂走。意馬奔馳。作隊成群。打鬨過日。非但虛消信施。亦乃埋沒己靈眼光落地之時。路頭向甚處去。正是青天白日。爺孃不識。未證謂證。未得謂得。實乃徒入空門虛生浪死。噫問君。出家因甚麼事。為衣食故。貪富貴故。求安樂故。父母捨汝出家。指望超度父母報答四恩。而今自己尚無靠託。況能拔濟他人乎。有日閻羅老子。與爾打算飯錢。將甚抵敵。不落地獄餓鬼。定是戴角披毛。如此出家可悲可痛。諸仁者趁此未老無病之前。急早作箇活計。堅持齋戒。念佛誦經。禮讚發願。求生淨土。得見彌陀之後。可以超度父母。可以報答四恩。可以拔濟群生。可以永受快樂。如此出家方為佛子（淨土或問）。

The admonition of Tianru of the Yuan states: “In recent times there are those who have undertaken renunciation who, though they claim to have left secular life, do not eliminate their secular habits; though they all speak of transcending the dust, they do not sever their worldly entanglements. They are certainly ignorant of the scriptures and teachings, and neither do they understand investigating Chan. Their mind-monkeys run wildly about, and their mind-horses gallop out of control. Forming packs and gathering into crowds, they pass their days in boisterous clamor. Not only do they consume in vain the donations of the faithful, but they also bury their own spiritual nature. When their sight falls to the ground [at death], which way will their road lead? In broad daylight, they do not recognize their own fathers and mothers. Claiming realization when they have not realized, claiming attainment when they have not attained, in truth they have entered the empty gate to no purpose, living in vain and dying aimlessly. Ah, let me ask you: for what purpose did you leave home? Was it for the sake of food and clothing? Was it out of covetousness for wealth and honor? Was it to seek ease and pleasure? Your parents gave you up to renounce home in the hope that you would deliver your parents and repay the four obligations. Yet now, you do not even have anything to rely on yourself; how much less can you deliver others? The day will come when Old Man Yama settles accounts with you for your meal money—what will you use to pay it back? If you do not fall into hell or among the hungry ghosts, you will surely wear horns and don fur [as beasts]. Renunciation such as this is truly pitiable and painful! Kind sirs, while you are not yet old and not yet sick, quickly make your plan: firmly uphold the purificatory precepts, recite the Buddha’s name and chant the scriptures, pay homage and praise, make vows, and seek birth in the Pure Land. After you attain the vision of Amida, you will be able to deliver your parents, you will be able to repay the four obligations, you will be able to deliver all living beings, and you will be able to enjoy eternal bliss. Only renunciation such as this truly makes one a child of the Buddha” (Jingtu huowen).