[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) › [汾陽無德禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992) › 3.16 # 汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.16 汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.16) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.15) - [Next: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.17) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992~en-mt.3.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.16) · Pramāṇa