諸經要集 10.74

10.74

若於禁戒中　不盡心護持
便為違大悲　草頭有酒滴
尚不敢甞觸　以是故我知
酒是惡道因　在家修多羅
說酒之惡報　唯佛能分別
誰有能測量　佛說身口意
三業之惡行　唯酒為根本
復墮惡行中　往者優婆塞
以酒因緣故　遂毀餘四戒
是名惡行數　酒為放逸報
不飲閉惡道　能獲信樂心
去慳能捨財　首羅聞佛說
能獲無量益　我都無異意
而欲毀犯者　略說而言之
寧捨百千命　不毀犯佛教
寧使身乾枯　終不飲此酒
假使毀犯戒　壽命百千年
不如護禁戒　即時身命滅
決定能使差　我猶故不飲
況今不定知　為差為不差
作是決定心　心生大歡喜
即獲見真諦　所患得消除

"If among the prohibitive precepts / One does not guard them with all one's heart, / One goes against great compassion. / Even a drop of liquor on the tip of a blade of grass / One would not dare taste or touch. / For this reason I know / Liquor is the cause of the evil realms. / The sūtras for householders / Expound the evil retributions of liquor; / Only a Buddha can discern them— / Who else could fathom them? / The Buddha taught that of the evil deeds / Of the three karmas of body, speech, and mind, / Liquor alone is the foundation. / One further falls into evil deeds: / In the past, an upāsaka, / Through the cause and condition of liquor, / Ended up breaking the remaining four precepts. / Such are called the list of evil deeds; / Liquor is the retribution of heedlessness. / By not drinking, one closes the evil realms; / One can obtain a mind of faith and joy, / Remove stinginess, and be able to give away wealth. / Śūra, hearing what the Buddha taught, / Was able to obtain immeasurable benefit. / I have no other thought whatsoever / Than that of breaking and violating [the precepts]. / To state it in brief: / I would rather give up hundreds of thousands of lives / Than violate the Buddha's teachings; / I would rather let my body wither and dry up / Than ever drink this liquor. / Even if, by violating the precepts, / One's lifespan were hundreds of thousands of years, / It would not compare to guarding the prohibitive precepts / And having one's body and life perish on the spot. / If it could definitely bring about a cure, / I would still not drink it; / How much less when it is not known for certain / Whether it will cure me or not!" / Having made this resolute resolve, / Great joy arose in his mind; / He immediately attained the vision of the true reality, / And his illness was dispelled.