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1 (383). CAST off desires, O Brâhmana, stop the stream (of birth) by thy earnestness; he who is not able to cast away all desires cannot h d the one (perfect state).

kurvāṇo hi sadā prājño dṛḍham eva parākramet |
śithilā khalu pravrajyā hy ādadāti puno rajaḥ |11,2|

kun du rgyu ba źan pa dag || ñon moṅs phyir yaṅ kun sogs pas ||
brtson ’grus brten po kho na yis || bya ba de ñid byed la rag ||²

2. =11,2

2 (313). The irresolute and careless Parivrâdjakas only heap up sins again and again;3 he who is diligent and earnest knows how to do that which ought to be done.

yat kiṃcit śithilaṃ karma saṃkliṣṭaṃ vāpi yat tapaḥ |
apariśuddhaṃ brahmacaryaṃ na tad bhavati mahāphalam |11,3|

źan pa’i las ni ji sñed daṅ || kun nas ñon moṅs dka’ thub daṅ ||
tshaṅs spyod (2)yoṅs su ma dag de || don chen ’gyur sñam mi byed do ||³

3. =11,3

3. An irresolute act, badly performed penance, an unrighteous life, bring no great profite

śaro yathā durgṛhīto hastam evāpakṛntati |
śrāmaṇyaṃ duṣparāmṛṣṭaṃ narakān upakarṣati |11,4|

譬如執利劍執緩則傷手
沙門不禁制地獄縛牽引 4²

2. =11,4

ji ltar mda’ ni gzuṅ ñes pas || lag pa chod par gyur pa ltar ||
dge sloṅ bsruṅ ba bya ñes daṅ || dmyal bar ñe bar khrid par byed ||⁴

4. =11,4

4 (311). If an arrow is badly grasped, it cuts the hand; the Çramana who performs his duties badly is on the way to hell.

śaro yathā sugṛhīto na hastam apakṛntati |
śrāmaṇyaṃ suparāmṛṣṭaṃ nirvāṇasyaiva so ’ntike |11,5|

又如執利劍執緊不傷手
沙門禁制戒漸近涅槃路 5³

3. =11,5

ji ltar mda’ ni gzuṅ legs pas || lag pa chod par mi ’gyur ||
(3)ltar|| dge sbyoṅ bsruṅ ba bya legs na ||⁵

5. =11,5

5. If an arrow is properly grasped, it does not cut the hand; in like manner, the Çramana who exactly performs his duties is on the way to nirvâṇa.

duṣkaraṃ dustitīkṣaṃ ca śrāmaṇyaṃ mandabuddhinā |
bahavas tatra sambādhā yatra mando viṣīdati |11,6|

難曉則難了沙門少智慧
諸想多擾亂愚者致苦惱 6⁴

4. =11,6

mya ṅan ’das par ñe bar ’dren || dge sbyoṅ rnam par ma śes daṅ ||
rgal bar dka’ daṅ bzod dka’ daṅ || gaṅ daṅ źan pa ’gyod ’gyur ba’i ||⁶

6. =11,6

6. The ignorant Çramana, who finds it hard to cross (the stream), hard to be patient, who is filled with the many sorrows that his faint-heartedness brings him:

śrāmaṇye carate yas tu sva cittam anivārayet |
punaḥ punar viṣīdet sa saṃkalpānāṃ vaśaṃ gataḥ |11,7|

沙門爲何行如意不自禁
歩歩數黏著但隨思想走 7⁵

5. =11,7

sdug bsṅal maṅ po de dag ’byuṅ || yaṅ dṅ yaṅ du ’gyod pa yi ||
(4)kun rtog dbaṅ du ’gro ba yi || sems ni bzlog pa ma byas par ||⁷

7. =11,7

7. The Çramana whose life is like this, is subject to the ever-recurring grief, of which he cannot free himself, of one who is Wed with indecision.

duṣpravrajyaṃ durabhiramaṃ duradhyāvasitā gṛhāḥ |
duhkhāsamānasaṃvāsā duhkhāś copacitā bhavāḥ |11,8|

學難捨罪難居在家亦難
會止同利難艱難不過是 8⁶

6. =11,8

dge sbyoṅ spyod pa ji ltar bya || ñes par rab byuṅ ñes rtsom byed pa dag ||
sdug bsṅal mñam med sten pa dag || yaṅ srid sdug bsṅal sogs par zad ||⁸

8. =11,8

8. He who is a bad priest, who delights in sin, and who, as a layman, is given to sinful deeds, addicted to everything that is bad, he lays up for himself the wretchedness of regeneration.

kāṣāyakaṇṭhā bahavaḥ pāpadharmā hy asamyatāḥ |
pāpā hi karmabhiḥ pāpair ito gacchanti durgatim |11,9|

袈裟在肩披爲惡不捐棄
常念行惡者斯則墮惡道
(畏罪懷驚懼假名爲沙門
身披僧伽胝如刳娑羅皮) 9-10⁷

7. =11,9

tshem (5)bu ṅur smrig gyon pa daṅ || phal cher yaṅ dag mi sdom źiṅ ||
sdig pa’i chos can sdig la dga’ || sdig can de dag gan ’gror ’gro ||⁹

9. =11,9

9. Many of those who wear the patched saffron-coloured gown are unrestrained and delight in wickedness; these bad men go to perditin.

yo ’sāv atyantaduhśīlaḥ sālavān mālutā yathā |
karoty asau tathātmānaṃ yathainaṃ dviṣad icchati |11,10|

sa la’i śiṅ la ’khri śiṅ ltar || gaṅ źig śin tu khrims ’chal te ||
ji ltar raṅ la dgra bźin du || de ni de ltar byed (6)par ’dod ||¹⁰

10. =11,10

10 (162). He who, breaking all his vows, (is held) as is a sâla-tree by a creeper: brings himself to that state to which his enemy would like to bring him.

sthaviro na tāvatā bhavati yāvatā palitaṃ śiraḥ |
paripakvaṃ vayas tasya mohajīrṇaḥ sa ucyate |11,11|

所謂長老者不必以耆年
形熟鬢髮白愚憃不知罪 11⁸

8. =11,11

mgo bo skya bor gyur bar du || da duṅ rgan rabs ma chud pa ||
de ni laṅ tsho gtugs pa ste || de ni rgan blun źes bya’o ||¹¹

11. =11,11

11. Though one’s hair may be grey, one is not for that reason admitted among the elders; he has reached old age: but he is called " Old-in-vain."

yas tu puṇyaṃ ca pāpaṃ ca prahāya brahmacaryavān |
viśreṇayitvā carati sa vai sthavira ucyate |11,12|

能知罪福者身淨修梵行
明遠純清潔是名爲長老 12⁹

9. =11,12

gaṅ źig dge daṅ sdig pa dag || spaṅs śiṅ tshaṅs par spyod pa daṅ ||
sde tshogs spaṅs nas spyod byed pa || de ni rgan rabs (7)źes bya’o ||¹²

12. =11,12

12. He who is virtuous, who has cast off sin, who is a Bramachârin, and free of all (impurities), he is called " an elder."

na muṇḍabhāvāt śramaṇo hy avṛtas tv anṛtaṃ vadan |
icchā lobhasamāpannaḥ śramaṇaḥ kiṃ bhaviṣyati |11,13|

所謂沙門者不必剃鬚髮
妄語多貪愛有欲如凡夫
(世稱名沙門汝亦言沙門
形服似沙門譬如鶴伺魚
如離實不離袈裟除不除
持鉢實不持非俗非沙門) 13-15¹⁰

10. =11,13

brtul źugs med ciṅ brdzun smra na || mgo bo bregs tsam dge sbyoṅ min ||
rmoṅs pa ’dod la źugs pa dag || ji ga dge sbyoṅ yin nam kye ||¹³

13. =11,13

13 (264). He whose conduct is bad and who speaks lies, though his head be shaven, is not a Çramana. They who live in ignorance and lust, how can they be Çramanas?

na muṇḍabhāvāt śramaṇo hy avṛtas tv anṛtaṃ vadan |
śamitaṃ yena pāpaṃ syād aṇu sthūlaṃ hi sarvaśaḥ |
śamitatvāt tu pāpānāṃ śramaṇo hi nirucyate |11,14|

所言沙門者消除窣兎羅
守護微細愆是名眞梵行 16¹¹

11. =11,14

brtul źugs med cig brdzun smra na || mgo bo bregs tsam dge sbyoṅ min ||
gaṅ źig sdig pa źi gyur (219b1)te|| mkhas bas dge sbyoṅ yin par śes ||¹⁴
brtul źugs med ciṅ rdzun smra na || mgo bo bregs tsam dge sbyoṅ min ||
gaṅ dag sdig pa che phra dag || kun la brtags nas byed pa daṅ ||
sdig pa źi ba de dag ni || dge sbyoṅ nid ces brjod par bya ||¹⁵

14. =11,14abcf 15. =11,14

14 (265). He whose conduct is bad and who speaks lies, though his head be shaven, is not a Çramana; he who has " quieted " sin, him the wise know to be a Çramana.
15. He whose conduct is bad and who speaks lies, though his head be shaven, is not a Çramana; but he who, having distinguished all sins, great and small, does keep away from them and does " quiet" sin, he is called "a Çramana."

brāhmaṇo vāhitaiḥ pāpaiḥ śramaṇaḥ śamitāśubhaḥ |
pravrājayitvā tu malān uktaḥ pravrajitas tv iha |11,15|

所言沙門者息心滅意想
穢垢盡消除故説爲出家
（法集要頌經卷第一） 17¹²

12. =11,15

sdig pa (2)spaṅs pa bram ze ste || źi bar byed pa dge sbyoṅ yin ||
bdag gi dri ma rab spaṅs pa || des na rab tu byuṅ źes brjod ||¹⁶

16. =11,15

16. He who has "cast off sin" is a Brâhmana; he who does " quiet" sin is a Çramana; he who has cast off all his impurities is for that reason called a priest.

|| śramaṇavargaḥ 11 || ||

dge sbyoṅ gi tshoms te bcu gcig pa’o ||

Chapter on "The Çramana," the Eleventh.

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