治好歌唄偈讚法
Songs, Chants, Verses, and Praises
「復次，舍利弗！若行者好作偈頌美音讚歎，猶如風動娑羅樹葉出和雅音，聲如梵音悅可他耳，作適意辭令他喜樂。因是風嚮，貢高憍慢、心如亂草，隨煩惱風處處不停，起憍慢幢、打自大鼓，弄諸脈零，因是發狂——如癡猨猴採拾花菓，心無暫停，不能數息——當疾治之。
"Furthermore, Shariputra, if a practitioner enjoys composing verses and hymns with beautiful sounds to praise and celebrate, resembling the wind stirring the leaves of the sala tree, producing a harmonious melody, and sounding like the heavenly voice of Brahma to delight others' ears, crafting pleasing words to bring joy to others—because of such influences, they become arrogant and conceited. Their mind becomes like tangled grass, carried away everywhere by the wind of afflictions. They raise the banner of pride, beat the drum of self-importance, and play with trivial matters. This leads them to become intoxicated, like a foolish monkey picking fruits and flowers, never pausing even for a moment, unable to practice mindfulness of breathing—this should be immediately corrected.
「治之法者，先當想一七寶高幢，有乾闥婆在其幢端，身如白玉，動身讚偈，身毛孔中出大蓮華，百千比丘在蓮華上聲萬種音，過於己身百千萬倍，因是漸漸息其憍慢。
The method to cure this is: first, visualize a towering seven-jeweled pillar. At its top stands a celestial musician, whose body gleams like white jade. As they move, they chant verses of praise. From the pores of their body emerge great lotus blossoms, upon which sit hundreds of thousands of monks. Their voices produce ten thousand kinds of sounds, surpassing one's own by a hundred thousand times. Through this practice, one gradually calms their arrogance.
「智者復應教於行者諦觀幢端，見於幢端頗梨明鏡。諸比丘等恃聲憍慢、心不淨者化為羅剎出大惡聲，火從口出。復有夜叉從四方來，拔舌取心置於幢端，其心戰掉，號哭叫喚如醉象吼，或復細聲如毘舍闍吟。因是復見諸美音聲，如人叫喚稱己父母罵詈無道，因是厭離，耳不樂聞、生厭離想。智者應當教觀八苦，如八苦觀說。」
The wise teacher should further instruct the practitioner to carefully observe the top of the banner. There, on the banner's peak, they will see a clear crystal mirror. Those monks who are arrogant because of their good voices and whose minds are impure will appear as *rakshasas* (demons) emitting terrible sounds, with fire shooting from their mouths. Then *yakshas* (spirits) come from all directions, tearing out their tongues and pulling out their hearts to place on the banner's tip. Their hearts tremble and shake; they wail and cry out like the roar of a mad elephant, or make finer sounds like the moaning of *pishachas* (ghouls). Because of this, they also see all kinds of pleasant voices—but then hear people crying out, cursing their own parents and screaming abusively. Through this, they become disgusted, no longer wish to hear such sounds, and give rise to a feeling of renunciation. The wise teacher should then instruct them to contemplate the Eight Types of Suffering, as explained in the teaching on the Eight Sufferings.
告舍利弗：「汝好受此治歌唄偈讚法，慎莫忘失。」
He said to Shariputra: "Receive this method of chanting and praising in verse well. Take care not to forget it."
時舍利弗及阿難等聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
Then Shariputra, Ananda, and all the others who heard what the Buddha taught accepted it joyfully and put it into practice.