[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) › 9.54 # 諸經要集 9.54 諸經要集 9.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.54) 如維摩經云。故以若干苦切之語。乃可入律。書云聞諫如流。斯言可錄。佷戾不信。惡馬難調。撫膺多愧常以自箴。庶有聞論致序心曲。今欲緘其言。而整其身者。未若先挫其心。而次折其意。故經云。制之一處無事不辦。譬如金山窟。狐兔所不敢停。深淵澄海。蛙黽所不肯宿。故知潔其心而淨其意者。則三塗報息。四德常滿。防意如城。守口如瓶。可謂金河遺寄屬在伊人。玉門化廣信於斯矣。既策斯三業。則能除四患。何等四患。謂生老病死也。故受胎經云。眾生受胎之時備盡艱難。冥冥漠漠狀若浮塵。十月將滿母胎知苦。業風催促頭向產門。墮地鞕觸如在刀山。風激冷觸如似寒氷。當爾之時生為實苦。 > As the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra says, it is precisely with such bitter and severe words that they can be made to enter the discipline. The Book says that to hear remonstrance like flowing water is an utterance worthy of recording. Obstinate and unfaithful, a vicious horse is hard to tame; beating the chest with much shame, one should constantly admonish oneself, hoping that those who hear the discourse will express their innermost feelings. Now if one wishes to seal one's speech and regulate one's body, it is not as good as first subduing one's mind and next breaking one's thoughts. Therefore the scripture says, 'Restrain it in one place, and there is nothing that cannot be accomplished.' For example, it is like the cave of a golden mountain, where foxes and hares dare not dwell, or a deep abyss and clear sea, where frogs and toads will not lodge. Thus we know that if one cleanses one's mind and purifies one's thoughts, the retributions of the three destinies will cease and the four virtues will be ever full. Guard your thoughts like a city, and guard your mouth like a jar. One may say that the testamentary bequest of the Golden River rests upon such a person, and that the broad teaching of the Jade Gate is truly verified herein. Once one has spurred on these three karmas, one can eliminate the four afflictions. What are the four afflictions? They are birth, old age, sickness, and death. Therefore the Sutra on Entering the Womb says: 'When sentient beings receive a womb, they undergo every hardship, dim and obscure like floating dust. When the ten months are nearly full, the mother's womb experiences pain. Urged on by the wind of karma, the head faces the birth gate; falling to the ground, the hard contact is like being on a mountain of blades; the wind stirs cold contact as if it were freezing ice. At that very moment, birth is truly suffering.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.53) - [Next: 9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.55) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.9.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.27.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.54) · Pramāṇa