雲門匡真禪師廣錄 3.194

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夫先德順化，未有不留遺誡，至若世尊將般涅槃，亦遺教勅。吾雖無先聖人之德，既忝育眾一方殆盡，不可默而無示。吾自居靈樹，及徙當山，凡三十餘載，每以祖道寅夕激勵，汝等或有言句布在耳目，具眼者知，切須保任。吾今已衰邁，大數將絕，剎那遷易，頃息待盡。然淪溺生死，幾經如是，非獨于今矣。吾自住持已來，甚煩汝等輔贊之勞，但自知愧耳。吾滅後，置吾於方丈中，上或賜塔額，秖懸於方丈，勿別營作，不得哭泣孝服廣備祭祀等，是吾切意。蓋出家者，本務超越，毋得同俗。其住持等事，皆仍舊貫，接諸來者無失常則，諸徒弟等仰從長行訓誨，凡係山門莊業什物等，並盡充本院支用，勿互移屬他寺。教有明旨，東西廊物，尚不應以互用，汝當知矣。或能遵行吾誡，則可使佛法流通、天神攝衛，不負四恩、有益於世；或違此者，非吾眷屬。勉旃勉旃。大期將迫，臨行略示遺誡，努力努力，好住。還會麼？若不會，佛有明教依而行之。

When former virtuous ones accorded with transformation, none failed to leave testamentary admonitions; even when the World-Honoured One was about to enter parinirvāṇa, he also bequeathed instructions and precepts. Although I lack the virtue of former sages, having had the honor of nurturing the assembly in one region to the end of my life, I cannot remain silent without giving instruction. Ever since I resided at Lingshu and moved to this mountain, for more than thirty years in total, I have constantly urged and encouraged you day and night with the ancestral Way. If any of my words and phrases have been heard by your ears or seen by your eyes, those with eyes will know them; you must strictly preserve and maintain them. I am now already old and decrepit; my allotted lifespan is about to expire, changing from moment to moment, awaiting its end in the space of a breath. Yet sinking and drowning in birth and death, how many times has it been like this—it is not only now! Ever since I assumed the abbacy, I have deeply troubled you with the toil of assisting and supporting me; I feel only shame in my heart. After my passing, place me in the abbot's quarters. If the court should bestow a name plaque for the stūpa, simply hang it in the abbot's quarters; do not construct a separate building. You must not weep, wear mourning clothes, or prepare elaborate sacrifices and the like; this is my earnest intention. Those who have left household life originally take transcendence as their duty; do not conform to worldly customs. As for the affairs of the abbacy and the like, let all follow the established practices; receive all those who come without departing from the constant rules. All disciples should look up to and follow the instructions of the elders. Everything pertaining to the estates, properties, and utensils of the monastery should all be entirely used for the expenditures of this temple; do not transfer them to other monasteries. The teachings have clear instructions that items of the eastern and western corridors should not even be used interchangeably; you should know this. If you can abide by my admonition, you will enable the Buddha Dharma to circulate and propagate, and heavenly spirits will protect and defend it, not failing the four obligations and bringing benefit to the world. If anyone violates this, they are not of my fellowship. Strive on! Strive on! The great deadline is approaching; at the point of departure, I briefly give this testamentary admonition. Make effort! Make effort! Abide well. Do you still understand? If you do not understand, the Buddha has clear teachings—rely on them and practice accordingly.