法集要頌經放逸品第四
Verses on the Dharma Collection, Chapter 4: Heedlessness
戒為甘露道， 放逸為死徑，
不貪則不死， 失道乃自喪。
智者守道勝， 終不為迷醉，
不貪致喜樂， 從是得聖道。
恒思修善法， 自守常堅固，
智者求寂靜， 吉祥無有上。
迷醉如自禁， 能去之為賢，
已昇智慧堂， 去危乃獲安。
智者觀愚人， 譬如山與地，
當念捨憍慢， 智者習明慧。
發行不放逸， 約己調伏心，
能善作智燈， 黑闇自破壞。
正念常興起， 意靜易滅除，
自制以法命， 不犯善名稱。
專意莫放逸， 習意牟尼戒，
不親卑漏法， 不與放逸會。
不種邪見根， 不於世增惡，
正見增上道， 世俗智所察。
歷於百千生， 終不墮地獄，
修習放逸人， 愚人所狎習。
止觀不散亂， 如財主守藏，
莫貪樂鬪諍， 亦勿嗜欲樂。
思念不放逸， 可以獲大安，
不為時自恣， 能制漏得盡。
放逸魔得便， 如師子搏鹿，
放逸有四事， 好犯他人婦，
初獄二尠福， 毀三睡眠四。
無福利墮惡， 畏而畏樂寡，
王法加重罪， 身死入地獄。
本情不自造， 情知不自為，
不慮邪徑路， 愚者念力求。
Living by the precepts is the path to the nectar of liberation; Recklessness is the road to death. Those free of greed do not die; Those who lose the path destroy themselves. The wise follow the path and prevail, Never falling into delusion and intoxication. Freedom from greed brings joy and happiness, And from this, one attains the noble path. Always cultivate wholesome qualities, Guard yourself firmly and steadily. The wise seek inner stillness— There is no higher blessing. Delusion and intoxication are like imprisoning yourself; To cast them off is the mark of a worthy person. Having ascended the hall of wisdom, One leaves danger behind and finds peace. The wise look upon the foolish As a mountain looks down upon the ground. Let go of arrogance and pride; The wise cultivate clarity and wisdom. Set forth with diligence and heedfulness, Restrain yourself and tame your mind. Skillfully light the lamp of wisdom— Darkness destroys itself. Right mindfulness always arises; A still mind is easily freed. Live by the Dharma with self-restraint— Your good name remains unblemished. Focus your mind, do not be reckless; Train your mind in the sage's precepts. Do not associate with base and defiling teachings; Do not keep company with heedlessness. Do not plant the roots of wrong views; Do not add to the evil in the world. Right view is the higher path, Discerned by worldly wisdom. Through hundreds of thousands of lives, One never falls into hell. Those who practice heedlessness Are companions of the foolish. With calm abiding and insight undistracted, Like a wealthy person guarding treasure, Do not delight in conflict and contention, Nor be addicted to sensual pleasures. Keep in mind the value of heedfulness— Thereby you shall attain great peace. Do not indulge yourself with the times; One who restrains the taints brings them to an end. Recklessness gives Mara his chance, Like a lion pouncing on a deer. Recklessness brings four misfortunes: Fondness for violating others' spouses, First, hell; second, little merit; Third, ruin; fourth, sleep. Without merit and blessing, one falls into evil; Fearful, one fears and finds little joy. The king's law adds heavier punishment; After death, one enters hell. One does not create these by nature alone; Knowing the truth, one does not act on impulse. Do not dwell on crooked paths— The foolish strain their minds and struggle.
智者喻明燈， 闇者從得燭，
示導世間人， 如目將無目。
若所作不善， 如彼無目人，
涉道甚艱難， 路險懷恐怖。
善法若增長， 魔羅不得便，
漏盡證寂滅， 可獲真實果。
惡法若增長， 魔羅常伺便，
失彼寂滅道， 受苦無窮盡。
所謂持法者， 不必多誦習，
若少有所聞， 具足法身行。
雖誦習多義， 放逸不從正，
如牧數他牛， 難獲沙門果。
若聞惡而忍， 說行人讚嘆，
消除貪瞋癡， 彼獲沙門性。
讚歎不放逸， 毀彼放逸人，
恒獲人天報， 最上為殊勝。
若人不放逸， 智者所讚歎，
所作善增長， 能生諸善法。
若行放逸者， 現法無能益，
安情如不動， 爾乃說為智。
苾芻懷謹慎， 放逸多憂愆，
如象拔淤泥， 難救深海苦。
A wise person is like a bright lamp; those in darkness gain a candle from them. They guide and lead people of the world, like eyes guiding those without eyes.
If one acts unskillfully, one is like that person without eyes— traveling the road is extremely difficult, the path is dangerous and filled with fear.
If wholesome qualities grow, Mara finds no opportunity. With taints exhausted, one realizes cessation, and can attain the true fruit.
If unwholesome qualities grow, Mara constantly seeks an opening. One loses that path of cessation, and suffers endlessly.
A true holder of the Dharma need not recite and study extensively. If one has heard even a little, and fully embodies the practice of the Dharma body—
though one may recite and study many meanings, if one is heedless and does not follow what is right, one is like a cowherd counting others' cattle, and hard-pressed to attain the fruit of a renunciant.
If one hears what is unwholesome and endures it, and speaks and practices what people praise, eliminating greed, hatred, and delusion— such a one attains the nature of a renunciant.
Praise those who are heedful; criticize those who are heedless. They constantly gain rewards among humans and gods— the highest and most supreme.
If a person is heedless no more, the wise praise them. The good they do increases, and can give rise to all wholesome qualities.
If one practices heedlessness, there is no benefit in this present life. With a mind settled and unmoving— that alone is called wisdom.
A monastic who is careful and cautious— the heedless have much worry and transgression. Like an elephant pulling itself from mud, hard it is to be saved from the suffering of the deep sea.
苾芻懷謹慎， 放逸多憂愆，
抖擻諸罪塵， 如風飄落葉。
苾芻懷謹慎， 放逸多憂愆，
結使深纏縛， 如火焚枯薪。
苾芻懷謹慎， 放逸多憂愆，
各各順次第， 得盡諸結使。
苾芻懷謹慎， 放逸多憂愆，
義解分別句， 寂靜永安寧。
苾芻懷謹慎， 放逸多憂愆，
煩惱若消除， 能得涅槃樂。
放逸不發起， 善法應須修，
今世至後世， 得行法快樂。
放逸不發起， 煩惱自然伏，
善法堅習學， 決定得涅槃。
長行於放逸， 剎那無暫息，
命終入地獄， 剎那亦無歇。
放逸不憶念， 亦不習威儀，
耽睡不相應， 此是戒障礙。
常離不相應， 使不壞其念，
猶念恒調伏， 塵垢得消除。
The monk is mindful and careful; negligence brings much sorrow and fault. Shaking off the dust of all transgressions, like wind scattering fallen leaves.
The monk is mindful and careful; negligence brings much sorrow and fault. Bound tightly by deep-seated fetters, like fire burning dry wood.
The monk is mindful and careful; negligence brings much sorrow and fault. Following each step in order, one exhausts all the fetters.
The monk is mindful and careful; negligence brings much sorrow and fault. Understanding the meaning and discerning the words, one finds stillness and lasting peace.
The monk is mindful and careful; negligence brings much sorrow and fault. If the afflictions are eliminated, one can attain the joy of Nirvana.
Do not give rise to negligence; wholesome teachings should be cultivated. From this life to the next, one walks in the happiness of the Dharma.
Do not give rise to negligence; the afflictions are naturally subdued. Firmly and steadily learning wholesome teachings, one will surely attain Nirvana.
Dwelling long in negligence, with not a moment of pause, at the end of life one falls into hell, with not a moment of rest.
Negligent, without mindfulness, and without practicing proper conduct, indulging in sleep and unsuitable ways— this is an obstacle to the precepts.
Always keep away from what is unsuitable, so that mindfulness is not destroyed. Ever mindful and constantly tamed, the dust and defilements are eliminated.
苾芻懷謹慎， 持戒勿破壞，
善守護自心， 今世及後世。
苾芻勿放逸， 捨家順佛教，
抖擻無常軍， 如象出蓮池。
依此毘尼法， 不懷放逸行，
消除生死輪， 永得盡苦惱。
A monk should be careful, keeping moral discipline unbroken. Guard your own mind well, in this life and the next.
A monk should not be careless. Having left home, follow the Buddha's teaching. Shake off the army of impermanence, like an elephant rising from a lotus pond.
By this Vinaya Dharma, do not act with carelessness. Destroy the wheel of birth and death, and forever bring suffering to an end.