正事良药,为疗形枯 (正事良藥,為療形枯) zhèng shì liáng yào wèi liáo xíng kū
zhèng shì liáng yào wèi liáo xíng kū
set phrase
Regard this food as good medicine
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
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Notes: (Tzu Chuang 2012)
Contained in
- 食存五观; 1. 计功多少,量彼来处。 2. 忖己德行,全缺应供。3. 防心离过,不生瞋爱。 4. 正事良药,为疗形枯。5. 为成道业,应受此食。(食存五觀; 1. 計功多少,量彼來處。 2. 忖己德行,全缺應供。3. 防心離過,不生瞋愛。 4. 正事良藥,為療形枯。5. 為成道業,應受此食。) Five Meal Contemplations: 1. Assess the amount of work involved, weigh up the origins of the food; 2. Reflect on one’s own moral conduct, perfect or not, take this offering; 3. Safeguard the mind against all error, do not give rise to hatred or greed; 4. Regard this food as good medicine, so as to treat the weakened body; 5. In order to accomplish the Way, one deserves to accept this food