法苑珠林 22.5

22.5

Indeed, the appearances of the monastic and the lay diverge, and pure and defiled follow different destinies; this is because good and bad are unequal, and retribution is not uniform. If one wishes to observe the manner of benevolence, righteousness, and flourishing virtue, one should seek the standards of etiquette and mysterious principles. Yet to be able to sever attachments and take leave of kin, abandon glory, power, and rank; to moderate food, savor a diet of coarse greens, and practice austerities; to cover the body in rough robes without regard for ornaments or amusements; to dwell at ease with whatever is at hand, harboring no thought of fame or gain; to curb the three poisons and suppress the eight worldly sounds; to maintain the three thousand majestic deportments and the five hundred precepts, acting and staying still with propriety, all according to model and rule; and to expound the eighty thousand sūtras and the twelve divisions according with individuals' capacities, benefiting beings as the occasion demands—such a person may truly be called a paragon for humans and devas, and a ferryboat for entering the Way.