法苑珠林 23.11

23.11

"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."