汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.16

3.16

今之重學，古之重德，德學相扶，堪為軌則。夙夜強學席上珍，總似巢由千萬億，安睡高枕翠蘿間，青靄白雲伴賢德。武陵潛，舜讓國，廬庵蓮社招不得，十八多才五老迎，披莎側笠千峯北，穿耳胡僧却相識，同坐同吟同共食，携琴執錫碧嵓巔，調琴卓錫長泰息。五千言，美上德，積學成功却失德，寂然不動更無思，感而遂通如晷刻。似安師，見彌勒，正問三科謂玄默，物外高談會者希，世智辯聰未奇特。道中人，數相覓，瞬目揚眉便端的，丘伯當初髣髴間，自餘誰更能相擊？古云：「一合乾坤夾是非，所以少林長面壁。」頌曰：「休經罷論絕文章，為效先宗續古皇，心地開通明至理，全提應用得玄綱。真燈一照無明破，假幻三因有質亡，為報五湖參道者，速須親近法中王。」

Present times value learning, ancient times valued virtue;
when virtue and learning support each other, they can serve as a rule.
Striving day and night to study is a treasure upon the mat,
yet all are like Chao and You in tens of millions;
sleeping peacefully with a high pillow amidst green vines,
blue mist and white clouds accompany the worthy and virtuous.
One hides away in Wuling, Shun yields the kingdom;
the thatched hut of the Lotus Society could not summon [Tao Yuanming].
Eighteen multi-talented men were welcomed by the Five Old Men;
wearing rush-cloaks and tilting broad hats north of a thousand peaks.
The ear-piercing barbarian monk nevertheless recognized him;
together they sat, together they chanted, together they ate.
Carrying a zither and holding a staff atop the blue cliff,
tuning the zither and planting the staff, letting out a long sigh.
The five thousand words praise superior virtue;
accumulating learning to achieve success, one conversely loses virtue.
Quiescent and unmoving, with no further thought,
when stimulated, it immediately penetrates within a moment.
Like Master An seeing Maitreya,
when rightly asked about the three categories, he spoke in mysterious silence.
Few understand high discourse beyond material things;
worldly wisdom and eloquent intellect are not extraordinary.
People on the Way frequently seek each other out;
in the blink of an eye or the raise of an eyebrow, it is right there.
Qiu and Bo were only just close at that time;
besides them, who else could strike back and forth?
An ancient said: "A single unity of heaven and earth is hemmed in by right and wrong;
therefore Shaolin constantly faced the wall."
A verse says:
Cease the sūtras, discontinue treatises, and cut off literary compositions;
to emulate the ancestral lineage and continue the ancient sovereigns.
When the ground of mind opens through and clarifies the ultimate principle,
fully wielding its practical application, one obtains the mysterious guideline.
When the true lamp shines once, ignorance is shattered;
with the three provisional and illusory causes, material existence vanishes.
I tell the practitioners of the Way across the five lakes:
you must swiftly draw close to the King among Dharmas.