article 8: don't sit and lie on a large bed. In the past, the beds in the western regions included chairs and stools. From now on, we explain that we don't need those high-grade and luxurious beds and chairs, and the bedding should not be too luxurious and too particular. Why? These things easily affect us and make our body and mind unclean. Since we want to plant good causes, we must look down on material enjoyment. Only when material enjoyment is neglected can your spiritual realm be improved. Therefore, it is conducive to our practice to get used to living a simple and simple life.
Now that you are an ordinary person, you can't do everything like a bodhisattva, so you should use the precepts to relieve your greed. Although you understand a lot of truth and speak it well, you can't do it. Therefore, from the ground up, you have to honestly observe precepts to realize the profound meaning and benefits inside. Even if you talk about the truth, you still can't get the real benefits of Buddhism, because you can't. Gu Dade said: "It is better to say 1, words than to do one inch." Don't bother with reason, because you choke on food. Although becoming a Buddha is greed, it is a desire that can help you get rid of it. How does it compare with those desires that make you degenerate and greedy?