[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 17.23 # 諸經要集 17.23 諸經要集 17.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.23) 酒能亂人心　令人如羊等 不知作不作　如是應捨酒 若酒醉之人　如死人無異 若欲常不死　彼人應捨酒 酒是諸過處　恒常不饒益 一切惡道階　黑闇所在處 飲酒到地獄　亦到餓鬼處 行於畜生業　是酒過所誑 酒為毒中毒　地獄中地獄 病中之大病　是智者所說 若人飲酒者　無因緣歡喜 無因緣而瞋　無因緣作惡 於佛所生癡　壞世出世事 燒解脫如火　所謂酒一法 若人能捨酒　正行於法戒 彼到第一處　無死無生處 > “Liquor can derange people's minds, / making people like sheep and the like. / Not knowing what should or should not be done, / thus one should abandon liquor. / If a person is intoxicated with liquor, / they are no different from a dead corpse. / If one wishes to be forever deathless, / that person should abandon liquor. / Liquor is the source of all faults, / constantly bringing no benefit, / the stairway to all evil destinies, / the place where darkness resides. / Drinking liquor leads to hell, / and also leads to the realm of hungry ghosts; / one performs the deeds of animals, / deceived by the faults of liquor. / Liquor is the poison among poisons, / the hell within hells, / the great disease among diseases; / this is what the wise proclaim. / If a person drinks liquor, / they rejoice without cause, / they rage without cause, / and they do evil without cause. / Toward the Buddha they generate foolish delusion, / ruining worldly and supramundane affairs; / it burns liberation like fire, / this single dharma that is called liquor. / If a person can abandon liquor / and practice uprightly in the Dharma and precepts, / they will arrive at the supreme place, / the place of no death and no birth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.22) - [Next: 17.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.24) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.17.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.93.22) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.17.23) · Pramāṇa