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酒(麻醉品)

醉醺醺的

是

醜陋；難看

to drink

wine (intoxicant)

drink

most

is become

ugly

喝醉酒的樣子，最是醜陋不堪。

　　To get drunk is disgraceful and ugly, and brings you nothing but shame.

　　這一章講的，是飲食該注意的事項。挑精揀肥、暴飲暴食，不但形象不雅，有礙觀瞻，亦且是貪婪之源，終究會令我們傷身敗命，沈淪苦海。《地藏經》上說﹕地藏菩薩化身千百億，在各處辛苦地教化衆生，若遇飲食無度者，就和他們說說宿殃短命的果報，以期警誡他們；可是衆生難調難服，總是像遊魚似的，才救得牠出網，牠又因貪婪而入了網。魚餌之所以能奏效，就因爲衆生有貪念；因爲貪，也就短視了。所以說衆生愚癡 ，甚可憐憫！

　　This section discusses what we should pay attention to in our diet. If we choose only the most delicious and rich foods and eat and drink like gluttons, not only does it make us look bad, but our reputations will be ruined by our greed and we will sink in the sea of suffering. The Earth Store Sutra says: "Earth Store Bodhisattva has millions of transformation bodies that arduously teach living beings everywhere. If he sees someone eating and drinking excessively, he will warn them about the retribution of a short life." However, living beings are very difficult to tame. They are like fish which, after being freed from the net, get entangled again due to greed. Bait is effective because living beings are greedy, and their greed makes them short-sighted. Thus it”s said that living beings are pitiful in their ignorance.

　　我們教育子弟，無不希望他往好的運途走；可是，什麼才是好的運途呢？高官厚祿？名成利就？婢美妾嬌？或者子孫滿堂？若說是高官厚祿，可是伴君如伴虎，哪一日身首異處時，又有何樂趣可言？若說是名成利就，可是欲心難止，哪一日家敗名裂時，又有何樂趣可言？若說是婢美妾嬌，可是人心好嫉，哪一日閨房生釁時，又有何樂趣可言？若說是子孫滿堂，可是人多口雜，哪一日禍起蕭牆時，又有何樂趣可言？所以不如趁早好好教育子弟有正知正見，小則個人後福無盡，中者…

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