[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) › 3.20 # 汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.20 汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.20) 住山須識山中主，不識徒勞山裏住，青山綠水眼前飛，白靈散漫山頭去。嵓又高，嶺又峻，曲襵徘徊身自困，臨崖石上坐思量，正性不明心躁悶。望林巒，看石壁，滿目杉松懸布滴，不知何者是真山，妄念空多元不息。我修行，憑何力？見性未分無道德，將甚酬他施主恩，一米七斤難消得。願今身，逢知識，決擇身心去荊棘，常持法雨潤心田，百福莊嚴俱濟益。豁然通，心明悟，這迴識得山中主，行住坐臥體輕安，問答隨機巧迴互。身如山，性如水，山水空花無表裏，對境看時似有形，子細推窮從誰起。既分明，心通徹，坐臥山中常快活，不消功力用求真，皎皎青天見明月。照山林，無不遍，一片霞光如白練，飛禽走獸任縱橫，皆是向渠影中現。師子王，常獨步，百怪千邪離驚怖，龍天釋梵總歸依，此是妙峯真正主，千谿萬壑總唯心，直至涅槃山上路。頌曰：「山中有主山中住，山石經行山水語，端坐山林山色心，心外無山山是生。識得山中不死人，覺智圓明自看取，乾坤大地及江河，總是山僧行李處。」 > To dwell in the mountains, one must know the master within the mountains; / If you do not know him, in vain do you dwell in the mountains. / Blue mountains and green waters fly past before the eyes; / White clouds drift and scatter away over the mountain peaks. / The crags are high, the ridges steep; / Wandering around the winding folds, the body wears itself out. / Sitting upon the stone beside the precipice, lost in thought, / The true nature remains unclarified, and the mind is restless and vexed. / Looking toward the forested peaks, gazing at the rock walls, / The eyes are filled with firs and pines, and the dripping of hanging cataracts. / Not knowing which is the true mountain, / Deluded thoughts multiply in vain and originally never cease. / In my practice, on what power do I rely? / Before seeing into one's nature is clear, there is neither virtue nor the Way; / With what shall I repay the kindness of benefactors? / Even a single grain of rice \[weighing\] seven catties is hard to digest. / May I in this present life meet a good spiritual friend, / Who will resolve body and mind and clear away the brambles, / Ever holding the Dharma rain to moisten the mind-field, / So that adorned with a hundred blessings, all benefits are realized. / Suddenly breaking through, the mind is brightly enlightened; / This time, I recognize the master within the mountains. / Walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, the body is light and at ease; / In questions and answers, adapting to conditions with skillful interpenetration. / The body is like the mountain, the nature like water; / Mountain and water are flowers in the sky, without outside or inside. / When looking facing sense-objects, there seems to be form; / Investigating minutely to the end: from whom did it arise? / Once it is distinct, the mind penetrates completely; / Sitting and lying down within the mountains, one is ever joyful. / No need to expend effort in seeking the true: / In the clear blue sky, one sees the bright moon. / It shines on mountains and forests, leaving nowhere unreached; / A single expanse of radiant light is like white silk. / Flying birds and running beasts wander about at will; / All are manifestations appearing within its reflection. / The lion king ever walks alone; / From a hundred anomalies and a thousand evils, he is free of fright. / Dragon gods, Śakra, and Brahmā all take refuge; / This is the true master of the Wonderful Peak. / The thousand streams and myriad ravines are entirely mind alone, / Leading straight to the road upon the mountain of nirvāṇa. > > The verse says: > "Within the mountain there is a master: one dwells within the mountain; / Mountain rocks walk the path, mountain waters speak. / Sitting upright in mountain forests, mountain colors are the mind; / Outside the mind there is no mountain: the mountain is just life. / Knowing the deathless person within the mountain, / Awakened wisdom is completely bright: see it for yourself. / Heaven and earth, the great earth, and the rivers: / Are all entirely the baggage where this mountain monk travels." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.21) - [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.3.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.3.20) · Pramāṇa