昔有国王设于教法，诸有婆罗门等在我国内制抑洗净，不洗净者，驱令策使种种苦役。
In the past, there was a country’s King [who] established [that] those giving teachings [of the] Dharma, all existing Brahmins and others in my country, are enforced to wash themselves clean, with those not washing themselves clean, driven off and ordered for all kinds of forced labour.
有婆罗门空捉澡灌，诈言洗净，人为其著水即便泻弃。便作是言：「我不洗净王自洗之。」
There was a Brahmin who emptily clutched a jar for bathing and pouring, lying that he has washed himself clean. When other people for him put water in it, he would immediately drain it away. Then making this statement, ‘I will not wash myself clean. The King can personally wash himself.’
为王意故用避王役，妄言洗净实不洗之。
Because of the King‘s order, with the cause of avoiding being the King’s forced labour, he falsely said that he has washed himself clean, but truly did not wash himself.
出家凡夫亦复如是，剃头染衣内实毁禁，诈现持戒望求利养，复避王役，外似沙门，内实虚欺，如捉空瓶但有外相。
Those who have left the household life are likewise thus, having shaven their heads and dyed their robes, internally truly destroying the prohibitive precepts (禁戒), pretending to appear to be upholding the precepts, hoping to seek profit and gain. Again, for avoiding the King’s forced labour, externally resembling Śramaṇas, internally truly with hypocrisy cheating, like those clutching empty jars, only having external forms.
[Note: Both monastics and laypersons should be true to themselves and everyone else. There should be congruence and consistency, with their external wholesome appearances and good practices matching their internal pure motivations. Otherwise, their ongoing deceit will only create evil karmas (恶业) that lead to suffering, later in this life and in later lives.]
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