虛堂和尚語錄 10.41

10.41

"Filial peace extending compassion tallies with past perfuming;
The phoenix carriage and palace depart the Golden Gate.
Heaven, earth, sun, and moon lose their radiance;
Plants and trees are all steeped in former favors."
Respectfully we consider: the Fierce-Literary, Benevolent-Martial, Peacefully-Filial Emperor possessed the posture of dragon and phoenix, the countenance of heaven and sun; with the benevolence of Yao and the virtue of Shun, he aided the world and favored the people. Dropping his robes and holding his hands folded, for forty-one years he manifested the Dao and succeeded the radiance; through thirteen generations the times were at peace and goods were plentiful, heaven was clear and earth was tranquil. The fruit of the ten directions' lands is complete; the single path of the road to the Western Heaven is vital. A thousand blossoms support his feet, a hundred jewels adorn his body; celestial music in the sky comes to welcome him, the great earth shakes in six ways. Now, one after another grasping and escorting the imperial carriage, reverently honoring the royal spring journey, how to understand the phrase without self-interest? Deeply burn purple sandalwood, and the pavilion appears; hundreds of thousands of Buddhas frolic together.