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明覺禪師語錄 5.30

明覺禪師語錄 5.30

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Classical Chinese

5.30

名之基,實之蒂,深兮固兮宛相繼,古之名也在希聲,
今之實也同浮瞖,子州善卷之流也,
堯驅舜馳讓無暇。歸去來兮歸不歸,到頭未出冥冥者,
吾徒孰謂標奇絕,動靜憑君試甄別。
葉零零兮秋暮半凋,華片片兮春暖齊發。
暹禪老,暹禪老,意曾高曠排沽待,忽致譏褒。
天人列請兮屢輕笑,祖佛位卑兮還擬逃。我恐逃之逃不得,
大方無外皆充塞,茫茫擾擾知何極,
八面香風惹衣裓。

The foundation of name, the stem of reality— / Deep and solid, continuous one after another. / The name of antiquity lay in rare sound; / The reality of today is like floating cataracts. / Men of the ilk of Zizhou and Shanjuan: / Yao drove and Shun hurried, yet had no leisure to yield. / Return, oh return! Returning or not returning? / In the end, one has not stepped outside the dim and dark. / Among our followers, who claims to mark out the rare and peerless? / Movement and stillness rely on you to test and discern. / Leaves fall one by one—half withered in late autumn; / Flowers bloom petal by petal—all blossoming in warm spring. / Old Chan master Xian, Old Chan master Xian! / Your intention was once high and vast, casting aside fishing for praise, / Suddenly encountering praise and blame. / Devas and humans array their invitations, yet you repeatedly laugh lightly; / The position of patriarchs and buddhas is low, and you still intend to flee. / I fear that in fleeing you cannot flee: / The great direction has no outside, everywhere is filled. / Vast and surging, who knows where it ends? / Fragrant breeze on all eight sides brushes your monastic robe.

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