宏智禪師廣錄 8.412

8.412

鄭禹功博士母氏。蔬食五十年。於動靜四儀。專念佛三昧。愈老愈勤。夙夜匪懈。行年七十有二。於八月八日鷄鳴之初。安坐而逝。博士書具。告我以是事。然人之老縻。形繭臨蛻。得自在無畏者。斯正念之力也。以無情垢之翳心。惡習之兆境。圓湛長存。虛靈獨照。夢幻之迹。廓然泯矣。故地水崩流。火風散滅。順履于如如也。底事可嘉。因說偈為之贊。

The mother of Erudite Zheng Yugong was a vegetarian for fifty years. In the four postures of activity and stillness, she devoted herself exclusively to the mindfulness of Buddha samādhi, growing more diligent with age, day and night without slackening. At the age of seventy-two, on the eighth day of the eighth month at the first crowing of the cock, she passed away sitting peacefully. The Erudite wrote in detail to inform me of this matter. Now when a person is bound by old age and the bodily cocoon is about to molt, to attain sovereignty and fearlessness is the power of right mindfulness. Because no defilement of worldly affection veils the mind and no ill habit portends a realm, perfect limpidity eternally endures, empty intelligence shines alone, and the traces of dreams and illusions are completely annihilated. Therefore, as earth and water collapse and flow, and fire and wind scatter and extinguish, she stepped harmoniously into Thusness. Such an affair is praiseworthy; therefore, I speak a gāthā in praise of it.