Do not do any evil, practice all that is good
purify your own mind: this is the teaching of the Buddha.
| 诸恶业莫作， 诸善业奉行，自净其意行， 是名诸佛教。
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Generosity brings about good fortune, do not harbor anger and resentment. With
goodness, eliminate evil, and there will be no more desire, anger, and ignorance.
| 惠施获福报， 不藏恚怒怀，以善灭其恶， 欲怒痴无余。
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Walk alone, do not follow fools. If you want to be in a group
follow the wise. The wise eliminate evil, like a crane selecting milk to drink.
| 独行勿逐愚， 欲群当逐智，智者灭其恶， 如鹤择乳饮。
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Observing the various changes in the world, knowing the traces of the arising and ceasing of phenomena
the sages do not delight in the world, while the foolish do not dwell with the wise.
| 观世若干变， 知法起灭迹，贤圣不乐世， 愚者不处贤。
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Understanding the taste of waiting for thoughts, contemplating the meaning of rest
without heat or hunger, one should take the taste of the Dharma.
| 解知念待味， 思惟休息义，无热无饥想， 当服于法味。
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Do not harm one's mind, nor defile one's intentions, by means of
goodness, forever eliminating evil, do not worry about following the evil paths.
| 人不损其心， 亦不毁其意，以善永灭恶， 不忧随恶道。
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If a person wishes to refine their spirit, they must repeatedly practice polishing. The
wise are easy to carve and adorn, and are then called heroes of the world.
| 人欲炼其神， 要当数修琢，智者易雕饰， 乃名世之雄。
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Those who can be close to them are at ease and free from
worries and afflictions. Those who have forever ceased and are without faults are
gentle and not abrupt. They blow away all evil dharmas like wind blowing away leaves.
| 能亲近彼者， 安隐无忧恼，永息无过者， 柔和不卒暴，吹弃诸恶法， 如风落其叶。
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Without reason, they fear those people who slander and defame the pure ones. They
soon obtain the power of evil, like smoke and clouds blown by the wind.
| 无故畏彼人， 谤毁清净者，寻恶获其力， 烟云风所吹。
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People's goodness and evil are each known by themselves. Cultivating goodness
leads to good results, while doing evil follows the path of evil.
| 人之为善恶， 各各自知之，修善得善果， 为恶随恶趣。
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Understanding one's own purity and impurity, why worry about others'
purity? The foolish do not refine themselves, like drilling pure steel.
| 达己净不净， 何虑他人净？愚者不自炼， 如铁钻纯] cf.【丽】钢。
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If the eyes see what is not wrong, the wise seek means. The
wise live well in the world, and also do not do many evils.
| 若眼见非邪， 黠人求方便，智者善寿世， 亦不为众恶。
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Merchants on the road are afraid, with few companions and much
wealth. Passing through dangerous places, there is still worry about broken axles.
| 商人在路惧， 伴少而货多，经过险难处， 然有折轴忧。
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Having a body without sores and warts, one is not harmed by poison
Poison cannot do anything to a sore. Without evil, there is nothing to create.
| 有身无疮疣， 不为毒所害，毒无奈疮何？ 无恶无所造。
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Many engage in various evils, which will certainly become a burden for the
body. To practice goodness and spread kindness and virtue, this matter is very difficult.
| 多有行众恶， 必为身作累，施善布恩德， 此事甚为难。
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How wonderful are those who cultivate goodness! Alas, how very evil! Evil is easy
for oneself to do, but it is difficult for an evil person to do good.
| 善哉修善者， 伤哉为甚恶，恶恶自为易， 恶人为善难。
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The foolish consider themselves correct, but evil is not yet
ripe. When evil is fully ripe, all suffering is also ripe.
| 愚者自谓正， 犹恶不成熟，恶已成熟满， 诸苦亦复熟。
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The wise see evil and are not ripened by evil. Just
as evil is not ripe, the evil one observes his evil.
| 贤者见于恶， 不为恶所熟，如恶以不熟， 恶者观其恶。
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The wise observe their evil, even when the wise are not
ripe. If the wise are ripe, the wise observe each other.
| 贤者观其恶， 乃至贤不熟，设以贤熟者， 贤贤自相观。
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Although a person commits evil deeds, he does not do them
repeatedly. He is not pleased with them, knowing that evil is suffering.
| 人虽为恶行， 亦不数数行，于彼意不乐， 知恶之为苦。
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A person who can create merit should also create it
repeatedly. He is pleased with it, loving the reward of merit.
| 人能作其福， 亦当数数造，于彼意愿乐， 善爱其福报。
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First, one should control the good mind and hold the root of evil
Because of this, one creates meritorious deeds. The mind is happy with evil.
| 先当制善心， 摄持恶根本，由是兴福业， 心由乐于恶。
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Although the evil done may be small, the suffering received in the next
life is deep. One will obtain boundless merit, like poison in the heart.
| 为恶虽复少， 后世受苦深，当获无边福， 如毒在心腹。
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Although the merit done may be small, one will later receive great merit and
virtue. One will obtain great fruit and retribution, like planting and obtaining the truth.
| 为福虽微少， 后受大福德，当获大果报， 如种获真实。
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Without fault, one is strongly wronged; without anger, one is strongly
invaded. One will surely go to those ten kinds of places.
| 无过而强轻， 无恚而强侵，当于十品处， 便当趣于彼。
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Pain and itching, harsh speech, this body will surely decay and
fail, oppressed by many diseases, the mind is disturbed and unsettled.
| 痛痒语麤犷， 此形必坏败，众病所逼切， 心乱而不定。
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Family and relatives are separated and scattered, wealth and goods
are exhausted and wasted, robbed by thieves, wishes are not fulfilled.
| 宗族别离散， 财货费耗尽，为贼所劫掠， 所愿不从意。
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Or else there are countless changes, burned by fire, the
body perishes without wisdom, also heading towards the ten kinds.
| 或复无数变， 为火所焚烧，身坏无智慧， 亦趣于十品。
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Do not say that evil is nonexistent, for what one does is said to
be without fault, saying it is without fault in private, all of these have evidence.
| 作恶勿言无， 人作言无罪，屏隈言无罪， 斯皆有证验。
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Doing evil is said to be with sorrow, doing it for a long time is also said to be
with sorrow, sorrow in private is also said to be with sorrow, sorrow for their retribution is also sorrow.
| 作恶言有忧， 久作亦言忧，忧屏隈亦言， 忧彼报亦忧。
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This sorrow is also sorrow for them, evil conduct is both
with sorrow, they sorrow for their retribution, seeing conduct one then knows.
| 此忧彼亦忧， 恶行二俱忧，彼忧彼受报， 见行乃审知。
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This joy is also joy for them, meritorious conduct is both with
joy, they practice and receive their retribution, seeing conduct is oneself pure.
| 此喜彼亦喜， 福行二俱喜，彼行彼受报， 见行自清净。
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This cooking is also cooking for them, sinful conduct is both with
cooking, they cook and receive their retribution, seeing conduct has its own evidence.
| 此煮彼亦煮， 罪行二俱煮，彼煮彼受报， 见行自有验。
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Making merit and not doing evil, all due to the Dharma of past conduct
one will never fear the path of death, like a boat cutting through the current.
| 作福不作恶， 皆由宿行法，终不畏死径， 如船截流渡。
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