樂邦文類 2.263

2.263

樝菴老，生平學佛守戒律，一節如氷霜。事文翰，高談如珪璧，講練有餘力，而繫念無暇時。其淨業既成，一夕見在金池上，執樂者數人，似欲舉音以迓其來，不數日而終。先乃成自餞一篇，是知決定為西方游矣。聞者莫不嘆慕其不可及也。嗚呼！唯心本性人人皆具焉，何羨魚多而不結網而有獲耶？子雲所謂蜾蠃之祝曰：類我類我，久則肖之矣。安有不修而能證者哉？此自餞之意，固足以為來者勸也。門人元祐，持其文示予，因跋其尾云。隱庵（左知微）謹題。

Elder Zha'an in his lifetime studied the Buddha and maintained the precepts, his integrity pure like ice and frost. In literary matters his elevated discourse was like jade sceptres; he had ample energy for preaching and training, and had no idle moments in fixing his mindfulness. When his pure karma was completed, one night he saw himself above the golden pond, with several persons holding instruments, seemingly preparing to play music to welcome his coming; not many days later he passed away. Previously he composed this piece bidding himself farewell, from which we know he had decisively set off to roam in the West. None who heard of it failed to sigh in admiration at what could not be equaled. Alas! Mind-only and original nature are inherently possessed by everyone; why envy an abundance of fish instead of weaving a net to catch them? As Ziyun said regarding the solitary wasp's prayer: "Be like me, be like me"—over time it resembles it. How could one realize this without cultivating? The meaning of this farewell is indeed sufficient to encourage future practitioners. His disciple Yuan'you brought his text to show me, so I appended this colophon at the end. Respectfully inscribed by Yin'an (Zuo Zhiwei).