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諸經要集 13.77

諸經要集 13.77

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Classical Chinese

13.77

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。子兇虐孝道敗。夫失信婦奢婬。九族諍財產耗。亡國危身無不由之。酒之亂道三十有五。吾見是故。絕酒不飲。是吾五師。佛於是說偈言。

"The fifth is called addiction to alcohol. Liquor is a toxic vapor that primarily brings about all evils: the ruler's way is ruined and benevolent grace extinguished; ministers slight superiors and loyalty and respect decay; fathers lose etiquette and mothers lose compassion; sons are violent and tyrannical and filial piety collapses; husbands lose trustworthiness and wives become extravagant and wanton; the nine degrees of kin squabble and family estates are squandered. There is no ruining of the state or endangering of the person that does not stem from it. The ways in which liquor causes disorder are thirty-five. Seeing this, I have severed liquor and do not drink: this is my fifth teacher." The Buddha thereupon spoke in verse:

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