廣弘明集 27.148

27.148

前已聞其惡深自鄙悼。今顯其善悅以進道。何以知之。自非貪欲情厚。染愛性深。富貴意重。勢利心濃者。則不容安處累縛黑闇所纏故知在家者眾患之本矣。故使室家妻子宗親眷屬。周旋來往朋友遊處奉上接下。皆須將意。意不獨往。其應筐篚。筐篚之用非求不至。既馳求事廣財念無窮。惟念多蓄不顧無常。擁積腐壞靡知分散。是為欲不慳貪。便不能得。既眷屬纏繞百心不同。不加鞭罰則為惡者眾。雖曰止惡要由。

Previously having heard of their evils, one deeply despised and grieved over oneself; now, revealing their good, one takes joy in advancing on the Way. How is this known? Unless one has deep greedy desires, profound defiling love, heavy regard for wealth and rank, and an intense mind for power and profit, one could not peacefully abide bound and entangled by darkness. Thus we know that remaining at home is the root of myriad troubles. Therefore it causes households, wives, children, clan relations, and kin to come and go, interacting with one another; friends socialize, serving superiors and receiving inferiors, in all of which one must accommodate their wishes. Wishes do not proceed alone; they require baskets and hampers. The use of baskets and hampers cannot be obtained without seeking. Since the pursuit of affairs is wide and thoughts of wealth are endless, one only thinks of accumulating much, unmindful of impermanence, hoarding until it rots without knowing to disperse it. This means that wishing not to be parsimonious and greedy is simply impossible. Since kin entangle one, and a hundred minds are not alike, if one does not apply whips and punishments, then those who do evil will be many. Although it is called stopping evil, it fundamentally arises