五 辭親脫素
Chapter 5: Renouncing Family and Returning to Simplicity
闍梨云：
The Venerable said:
「出家之人，高超俗表，為世福田。君不得而臣，父不得而子，應受人天恭敬供養。是故剃髮著袈裟已，至於君父尚無設禮之義，況餘人乎。然父母生汝，養育恩深，當往顯處，拜辭父母尊長竟。卻入道場，為汝落髮。」
"One who leaves home life transcends worldly conventions and becomes a field of merit for the world. A ruler cannot treat them as a subject, and a parent cannot treat them as a child. They deserve reverence and offerings from both humans and gods. Therefore, once you have shaved your head and donned the monastic robe, there is no obligation to bow even to your ruler or parents, let alone anyone else. However, your parents gave you life and raised you with deep kindness. You should go to a prominent place to bow and take leave of your parents and elders. Only then should you enter the meditation hall for them to shave your head."
言訖，行者即起，引請師引出階庭之下。於彼父母尊長前，行者作禮已，長跪合掌。引請師教唱辭親偈云：
After speaking, the practitioner stood up and was led by the guiding teacher out to the courtyard below. There, before the parents and elders, the practitioner made a bow, then knelt with palms pressed together. The guiding teacher instructed them to recite the verses of leaving family:
「流轉三界中， 恩愛不能脫； 棄恩入無為， 真實報恩者。」
唱偈訖，行者即起。除俗衣，著僧服，但不著袈裟。
After finishing the hymn, the practitioner stood up. He took off his lay clothing and put on monastic robes, but did not put on the kasaya (Buddhist robe).