十七、自勉
[17] Self-Encouragement
【释迦牟尼佛】: 汝等比丘，于诸功德，常当一心，舍诸放逸，如离怨贼。
[Śākyamuni Buddha]: You [and] other Bhikṣus, for all meritorious virtues, constantly should [be] wholehearted, [and] abandon all laxity, like departing [from a] hateful thief.
大悲世尊，所说利益，皆已究竟。汝等但当勤而行之。
[From the] great compassionate World-Honoured [One, of] those [teachings] spoken [to] benefit, [they are] all already complete. You [and] others only should diligently then practise them.
若于山间，若空泽中，若在树下，闲处静室，念所受法，勿令忘失。常当自勉，精进修之，无为空死，后致有悔。
If in between mountains, if within empty grasslands, if at trees below, idly residing [in] quiet rooms, [be] mindful [of] those received Dharma [teachings], not enabling [them to be] forgotten [and] lost. [You] constantly should encourage yourselves, [to] diligently cultivate them. Do not in vain die, later leading [to] having regrets.
我如良医，知病说药，服与不服，非医咎也。
I [am] like [a] good doctor, [who] knows [your] sicknesses [and] spoke [of their] medicines, [while] taking and not taking [them, is] not [with the] doctor to blame.
又如善导，导人善道，闻之不行，非导过也。
Also like [a] good guide, [who] guides people [to] good paths, [having] heard [of] them, [yet] not walking [them, is] not [the] guide’s fault.
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