..续本文上一页ust discipline and reform yourself. Left-home people must take charge of themselves at all times and accord with the moral precepts in every word and deed. Don”t act so wild! Be serious! Don”t just do what you please. Don”t you know the proverb:

　　Without using a compass and a T-square,

　　You”ll never draw good circles and corners.

　　所以佛在入涅槃时，告诉阿难尊者说：「以戒为师」，这是出家人的座右铭。

　　That”s why before the Buddha entered Nirvana, he told Ananda, "Take the precepts as your teacher." This phrase can serve as a motto for every left-home person.

　　我们在吃饭的时候，要存三念五观。

　　施主一粒米，重如须弥山；

　　吃了不修行，披毛戴角还。

　　While we eat, we should make the Three Recollections and the Five Contemplations. There”s a saying,

　　A single grain of donor”s rice,

　　Is as weighty as Mount Sumeru.

　　If one should eat it and then fail to cultivate,

　　One will have to repay the debt by wearing fur and horns.

　　这是多么危险！所谓「袈裟底下，失去人身。」所以，出家人处处要严守戒律。我们在生死未了的时候，欲心未断的时候，时刻不能懈怠，处处不能马虎。所以普贤菩萨说：

　　是日已过，命亦随减；

　　如少水鱼，斯有何乐？

　　大众！当勤精进，如救头然，

　　但念无常，慎勿放逸。

　　How dangerous this situation is! This is called "losing one”s human body while wearing the precept sash." So left-home people, wherever they may be, must sternly guard their precepts. Before we”ve put an end to birth and death, before our thoughts of desire have been severed, we may not be even the slightest bit lax or careless. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva exhorts us:

　　This day is already done,

　　Our lives are that much less.

　　We”re like fish in evaporating water,

　　What joy can there be in this

　　Great Assembly!

　　We should be as diligent and vigorous,

　　As if our own heads were at stake.

　　Never forget impermanence!

　　Be careful, and never be lax!

　　我们出家人，一分一秒也要爱惜，所谓「一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。」光阴如此地宝贵，不可浪费时间。每个人要用功修行，精进再精进，才能有所成就。凡是用功修行的人，没有时间说话，没有时间打闲岔。关于这一点，我希望每个人都要注意。我见到不修行的人，觉得非常痛心，这岂不是辜负自己当初出家时所发的愿吗？这种口是心非的出家人，焉能为僧宝？盼望各位自己尊重自己！

　　We who have left the home-life must cherish each passing minute and second of time. Remember: "An instant of time is worth an ounce of gold. Even an ounce of gold can”t buy back an instant of time." Time is just this precious, so don”t waste it! Work hard at your cultivation. Be ever more vigorous. Only then can you expect success. There”s never been a hard-working cultivator who had time to hold casual conversations or disturb others. I hope all of you will pay attention to this. It hurts me deeply to see people fail to cultivate! Aren”t you letting down the vows you made upon first leaving home

　　 Can this kind of left-home person who says one thing and does another consider himself part of the Sangha Jewel

　　 I hope you”ll all learn to respect yourselves!

《认真修行莫放逸 Cultivate Diligently and Dont Be Lax》全文阅读结束。