法苑珠林 23.11

23.11

入道慚愧人　持鉢福眾生
云何縱欲塵　沈沒於五情
著鎧持刀杖　見敵而退走
如是怯弱人　舉世所輕賤
比丘為乞士　除髮著袈裟
五情馬所制　取笑亦如是
又如豪貴人　衣服以嚴身
而行乞衣食　取笑於眾人
比丘除飾好　毀形以攝心
而更求欲樂　取笑亦如是
已捨五欲樂　棄之而不顧
如何還欲得　如愚自食吐
如是貪欲人　不知觀本願
亦不識好醜　狂醉於渴愛
慚愧尊重法　一切皆已棄
賢智所不親　愚癡所愛近
諸欲求時苦　得之多怖畏
失時懷愁惱　一切無樂處
諸欲患如是　以何當捨之
得福禪定樂　則不為所欺
欲樂著無厭　以何能滅除
若得不淨觀　此心自然無

"A person of shame and modesty who has entered the Path, / Holding the bowl, blesses sentient beings. / How could he indulge in sensory dust / And drown in the five senses? / Donning armour and grasping knife and staff, / Yet seeing the enemy and retreating in flight— / A weak and cowardly person such as this / Is despised by the entire world. / A bhikṣu is a mendicant: / Having shorn his hair and donned the kāṣāya, / If he is mastered by the horse of the five senses, / He is ridiculed in just this way. / Moreover, like a wealthy and noble person / Who adorns his body with fine raiment, / Yet goes about begging for clothing and food, / Incurring ridicule from the crowd; / So a bhikṣu, having removed fine ornaments / And disfigured his form to collect his mind, / Yet further seeking sensual pleasures, / Is ridiculed in just this way. / Having already renounced the pleasures of the five desires, / Casting them aside and looking not back, / How could he wish to regain them? / Like a fool who eats his own vomit! / A person of such greed and desire / Knows not how to reflect on his original vow; / Nor does he discern the fine from the base, / Frantically intoxicated by thirst and craving. / Shame, modesty, and reverent respect for the Dharma— / All these he has already cast aside. / The virtuous and wise do not associate with him; / The foolish cherish and draw near to him. / Desires bring suffering while being sought; / Having obtained them, there is much fear; / When losing them, one harbours grief and affliction— / In none of them is there any place of joy. / The perils of desires being thus, / By what means should they be abandoned? / If one attains the joy of meritorious meditation (dhyāna), / One will not be deceived by them. / The attachment to sensual pleasures knows no satiation; / By what means can it be eradicated? / If one attains the contemplation of impurity, / This mind will naturally cease to be."