莫从谄誉，不事箴规
[25] [Do] Not Follow Flattery [And] Honour, [And] Not Attend [To] Admonishments [And] Exhortations
窃念现今世风浇薄，师友道丧。多从谄誉，不事箴规。
In my humble opinion, nowadays, [the] ways [of the] world [are] not pure [and] honest, [with] teachers [and] friends’ paths lost. Many follow flattery [and] honour, [and do] not attend [to] admonishments [and] exhortations.
致令上智迟入圣之期，下愚失日新之益。
Causing [those] higher [with] wisdom [to] delay [their] dates of entering [the] noble, [and those] lower [with] foolishness [to] lose [the] benefits of daily progress.
光本北陕鄙夫，质等沙石，每于良玉之前，横肆粗厉之态，必欲令彼速成完器，为举世珍。纵粉身碎骨，亦不暇顾。
[Yìn]guāng [印光] [was] formerly [a] Northern Shǎnxī man, [with] qualities equal [to] sand [and] stones. Very often, [when] before good jade, [have] manners that indulge [in the] unrestrained [and] abrasive. [This] must [be the] desire [to] lead that [to] quickly accomplish [as a] complete vessel, as [a] treasure throughout the world. Even if powdering [my] body [and] crushing [its] bones, also having no time to attend [to this].
座下美玉无瑕，精金绝矿，何用箴规，岂陷谄誉？
[As our] seats below [have] beautiful jade without blemishes, [and] pure gold cut off [from] ore, [of] what use [are] admonishments [and] exhortations, [and] how [can there be] sinking [into] flattery [and] honour?
光之驴技，了无所施。然欲继往开来，现身说法，俯应群机，引人入胜，似乎或有小补。
[The] donkey skills of [Yìn]guāng, [are] completely without that [to] give. However, desiring [to] inherit past [predecessors’ undertakings to] open up [a path for the] future, showed myself [to] speak [the] Dharma, bowing down [to] respond [to] all living beings. [For] leading people [to] enter [the] supreme, seemingly perhaps, having very small benefits.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s Thirteenth Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞三编》：
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Third Compilation:
卷一：书一：第二十五则： 复太虚法师书
Scroll 1: Book 1: Excerpt 25: Reply Letter [To] Dharma Master Tàixū
[Ref: #25 / 3.1.1.25]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
