[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [天台四教儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931) › 1.9 # 天台四教儀 1.9 天台四教儀 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.9) 客歲拙園成，名其堂曰淨業，屬臥痾餘日。因從三四淨侶掩關結夏其中，三時禮課，求生西方。宴坐焚香，研精藏典。鐘磬間發，白雲乍留。鳥低飛而親人，草蔓生而沒徑。𮖜遺巍𨷂機息漢陰，意欣欣甚適也已。僧真覺者，自武林來，進余以天台之學。余首肯焉，為留旬日，剖析教觀大旨。余若有悟入者，遂合掌佛前，願世世奉揚台宗，淨佛國土。蓋淨侶同時發心，永為主伴矣。台教源流具四明磐公所譔《佛祖統紀》，而《四教儀》者，則高麗沙門諦觀稟《法華玄文》而錄出者也。書凡二卷，上卷明一家判教之義，下卷明南北諸師宗途異計。今所傳者上卷耳，言約義該，實為台教之關鑰。學者了此，則一化大綱思過半矣。南天竺沙門蒙潤有《集註》三卷，亦精核可喜，近吳中有刻本焉。掩關凡兩月，既出則復濫世罔，遂不能保淨戒，啖酒肉近妻子如曩時。客有幼迷於他鄉者，一旦人告之曰：「子之家在某所，父兄宗族、墳墓田宅種種可念也。」其人即留滯不能遽返，豈作他鄉人哉？今歲春，余且以一命棄青山，行有日矣。因追前志，捨貲刻《四教儀》一卷，并科文行于世。同志者其遂執鑰洞關以窮海藏，令一家教觀如日輪當午、川流赴壑，即余留滯他鄉可藉以懺悔矣。其勉之哉！其勉之哉！ > Last year, when my humble garden was completed, I named its hall Jingye (Pure Karma), during the remaining days of my illness. Thereupon, together with three or four companions in pure practice, I closed the gates to spend the summer retreat therein, offering services and recitations during the three periods of the day, seeking rebirth in the Western Pure Land. Sitting in tranquility and burning incense, we investigated the scriptures of the canon. The bells and stone chimes sounded at intervals; the white clouds briefly lingered. Birds flew low, drawing close to humans; grasses grew luxuriantly, obscuring the paths. Forgetting the towering palace gates, resting worldly stratagems like the man of Hanyin, my mind was exceedingly joyful and at ease. A monk named Zhenjue came from Wulin and introduced me to the teachings of Tiantai. I nodded in assent, detained him for ten days, and had him analyze the great essentials of teaching and contemplation. Experiencing what seemed like an awakening, I joined my palms before the Buddha and vowed to uphold and propagate the Tiantai tradition life after life, purifying the Buddha lands. My companions in pure practice aroused this aspiration at the same time, becoming perpetual hosts and companions. The origins and lineage of the Tiantai teaching are fully detailed in the Fozu tongji compiled by Venerable Pan of Siming, while the Outline of the Fourfold Teachings was excerpted by the Goryeo śramaṇa Chegwan based upon the Fahua xuanyi. The book consists of two fascicles in total: the upper fascicle clarifies the meaning of our tradition's doctrinal classification, and the lower fascicle clarifies the divergent views and lineages of the various masters of the north and south. What is transmitted today is only the upper fascicle; its words are concise and its meaning comprehensive, serving truly as the key to the Tiantai teaching. If students understand this, more than half of the grand outline of \[the Buddha's\] entire era of conversion is grasped. The śramaṇa Mengrun of South India \[Monastery\] compiled a commentary in three fascicles (Jizhu), which is also precise, reliable, and delightful; recently a printed edition appeared in Wu. Having been in retreat for two full months, once I emerged, I again fell into the snare of the world, unable to maintain the pure precepts, consuming wine and meat and consorting with wife and children as of old. Suppose a traveler went astray in a foreign land in his youth; one day, someone tells him: "Your home is in such-and-such a place; your father, brothers, clan, ancestral graves, fields, and houses are all to be remembered." Even if that man remains detained and cannot return immediately, could he simply become a man of that foreign land? This spring, with this single life of mine, I am to abandon the green hills, and the day of my departure is near. Recalling my former aspiration, I contributed funds to carve one fascicle of the Outline of the Fourfold Teachings together with its topical outline to circulate in the world. May those of like mind hold this key to unlock the barrier and plumb the ocean of the canon, so that the teachings and contemplations of our tradition will shine like the sun at midday and flow like streams rushing into the valleys; then my detention in a foreign land may also serve as an occasion for repentance. Strive on! Strive on! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.10) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931~en-mt.1.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1931.1.9) · Pramāṇa