諸經要集 9.83

9.83

Better to cut one's own body with a sharp knife,
The flesh of one's limbs, body parts, and skin;
What has been given with faith by others,
Is truly difficult for a layperson to consume.
Better to swallow a large, red-hot iron ball,
Causing blazing flames to shoot from the mouth,
Than for the food, drink, and utensils of the saṅgha
To be privately used outside for oneself.
Better to hold a great fire like Mount Sumeru
With one's hands and consume it oneself;
Any laypeople living in households
Should not arbitrarily eat food offered to the saṅgha.
Better to butcher oneself with a sharp blade,
And eat the skin and flesh of one's own body;
Any laypeople living in households
Should not receive and take the varied food of the saṅgha.
Better to cast one's own body
Into a room full of great, fierce blazes;
Laypeople living in households
Should not sit or lie on the mats and beds of the saṅgha.
Better to grasp a scalding-hot iron awl
With one's fist so that it burns and rots,
Than for laypeople living in households
To privately make use of the saṅgha's goods.
Better to mince and slice one's own flesh
Upon a good chopping block with an exceedingly sharp knife,
Than toward a pure renuciant person
To give rise to a single thought of anger and resentment.
Better to gouge out both of one's eyes with one's own hands,
Cast them away, and fling them to the ground,
Than toward those who practice the good Dharma
To look upon them with resentment and anger in one's heart.
Better to wrap one's body in hot iron plates
As one moves east and west, walking, sitting, or lying down,
Than with an angry, jealous mind
To wear the pure robes given to the saṅgha.
Better to drink lye and brine,
Boiling hot, scalding the mouth like fire,
Than with a covetous, angry, and evil mind
To ingest the pure medicines offered to the saṅgha.