Sāsane kulaputtānaṃ, patiṭṭhā natthi yaṃ vinā;
Ānisaṃsaparicchedaṃ, tassa sīlassa ko vade.
Na gaṅgā yamunā cāpi, sarabhū vā sarasvatī;
Ninnagā vāciravatī, mahī vāpi mahānadī.
Sakkuṇanti visodhetuṃ, taṃ malaṃ idha pāṇinaṃ;
Visodhayati sattānaṃ, yaṃ ve sīlajalaṃ malaṃ.
Na taṃ sajaladā vātā, na cāpi haricandanaṃ;
Neva hārā na maṇayo, na candakiraṇaṅkurā.
Samayantīdha sattānaṃ, pariḷāhaṃ surakkhitaṃ;
Yaṃ sameti idaṃ ariyaṃ, sīlaṃ accantasītalaṃ.
Sīlagandhasamo gandho, kuto nāma bhavissati;
Yo samaṃ anuvāte ca, paṭivāte ca vāyati.
Saggārohaṇasopānaṃ , aññaṃ sīlasamaṃ kuto;
Dvāraṃ vā pana nibbāna, nagarassa pavesane.
Sobhantevaṃ na rājāno, muttāmaṇivibhūsitā;
Yathā sobhanti yatino, sīlabhūsanabhūsitā.
Attānuvādādibhayaṃ, viddhaṃsayati sabbaso;
Janeti kittihāsañca, sīlaṃ sīlavataṃ sadā.
Guṇānaṃ mūlabhūtassa, dosānaṃ balaghātino;
Iti sīlassa viññeyyaṃ, ānisaṃsakathāmukhanti.
佛教给与善男子的住处，
除了戒，更无别的了，
戒德的分量，谁能说得尽呢？
众生的垢秽，
不是恒河、夜摩那河、沙罗婆河，
亦非沙罗伐[fá]底河、阿羯[jié]罗伐底河，
也不是摩西河、摩诃奈地河的流水，
所能洗得清净的，
唯有戒水能净有情的尘垢。
不是带来有雨之云的凉风，
亦非黄色的旃[zhān]檀、首饰的明珠，
也不是明月照射柔和的光辉，
能使此世众生热恼的安宁，
唯有善护圣戒能使热恼究竟的清凉。
戒香不但顺风送，也得逆风熏[xūn]，
那里还能找到这样的香呢？
为升天的阶梯，入涅盘的城门，
那里还有别的可以比拟[nǐ]戒的呢？
国王虽然盛饰摩尼珠，
不如行者以戒庄严的光辉。
戒能摧毁自责等的怖畏，
具戒常生名望和笑颜。
戒为诸德的根本，一切罪恶的破坏者，
当知这是略说诸戒的功德。
Ñ(I,24): Dare anyone a limit place
On benefits that virtue brings,
Without which virtue clansmen find
No footing in the dispensation?
No Ganges, and no Yamuna
No Sarabhu, Sarassathi,
Or flowing Aciravati,
Or noble River of Mahi,
Is able to wash out the stain
In things that breathe here in the world;
For only virtue's water can
Wash out the stain in living things.
No breezes that come bringing rain,
No balm of yellow sandalwood,
No necklaces beside, or gems
Or soft effulgence of moonbeams,
Can here avail to calm and soothe
Men's fevers in this world; whereas
This noble, this supremely cool,
Well-guarded virtue quells the flame.
Where is there to be found the scent
That can with virtue's scent compare,
And that is borne against the wind
As easily as with it? Where
Can such another stair be found
That climbs, as virtue does, to heaven?
Or yet another door that gives
Onto the City of Nibbāna?
Shine as they may, there are no kings
Adorned with jewelry and pearls
That shine as does a man restrained
Adorned with virtue's ornament.
Virtue entirely does away
With dread of self-blame and the like;
Their virtue to the virtuous
Gives gladness always by its fame.'
From this brief sketch it may be known
How virtue brings reward, and how
This root of all good qualities
Robs of its power every fault.
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Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [self-blame = 4 Dangers (i.e. 1. Self-blame, 2. reproach of others, 3. punishment, 4. unhappy destiny)].
Han: It is not in the book by Mahāsī Sayādaw, but the four dangers come from AN 4. 121 Attānuvāda sutta.
(1) He frightened of blame from the self dispels bodily misconduct and develops bodily right conduct, dispels verbal misconduct and develops verbal right conduct, dispels mental misconduct and develops mental right conduct. Bhikkhus, this is fear of blame from the self (attānuvāda bhaya).
(2) He frightened of blame from others dispels bodily misconduct and develops bodily right conduct, dispels verbal misconduct and develops verbal right conduct, dispels mental misconduct and develops mental right conduct. Bhikkhus, this is fear of blame from others (parānuvāda bhaya).
(3) A certain person sees the king punishing a highwayman or a robber in various ways. So he does not rob fearing punishment from the king. To this is called fear of punishment (daṇḍa bhaya).
(3) If I misbehave by body, by words and mind, I too after death will go to decrease, to hell, to a bad state and thinking thus he dispels bodily misconduct and develops bodily right conduct, dispels verbal misconduct and develops verbal right conduct and dispels mental misconduct and develops mental right conduct. He conducts himself purely. To this is said the fear of evil states (duggati bhaya).
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