法苑珠林 70.33

70.33

五謂嗜酒。酒為毒氣。主成諸惡王道毀仁澤滅。臣慢上忠敬朽。父禮亡母失慈。子匈虐孝道敗。夫失信婦奢婬。九族諍財產耗。亡國危身。無不由之。酒之亂道三十有六。吾見是故。絕酒不飲。是吾五師。佛於是說偈言。

Fifth is fondness for alcohol. Alcohol is a toxic vapor that principally causes all evils: the royal way is destroyed and benevolent grace extinguished; ministers disregard superiors and loyalty and respect rot; fathers lose propriety and mothers lose compassion; sons become ferocious and filial piety collapses; husbands lose trustworthiness and wives become extravagant and unchaste; the nine clans quarrel over wealth and possessions are depleted; kingdoms are destroyed and bodies endangered—nothing does not stem from it. Alcohol disorders the path in thirty-six ways. Seeing this, I renounced alcohol and did not drink; this was my fifth teacher. The Buddha then spoke a gāthā, saying: