It is said that on account of this verse from a Buddhist sutra, after cooking a meal many monks in Buddhist temples will turn on the tap as they pour away the boiling water from their pans, to cool the water down and so avoid scalding to death the micro-organisms in the drainpipe.
因著這一佛偈，據說許多寺廟師父在煮完菜後，一面倒掉滾燙熱水的同時，一邊就打開水龍頭降低水溫，以免燙死排水管中的微生物。