佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 1.59

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臣聞。三乘路廣。法界無涯。智海晏清。十方安泰。時有魔軍兢起。侵撓心田。六賊既強。心王驚動。朝生百怪。暮起千邪。撼惑真如。困勞法體。菩提道路。隔絕不通。破壞涅槃。傷殘三寶。無為珠玉。悉被偷將。大藏法財。皆遭劫奪。塵勞翳日。欲火亘天。飄蕩法城。焚燒聖境。臣乃見如斯暴亂。恐佛法以難存。遂與六波羅蜜商量。同為剪滅。遣性空為密使。聽探魔軍。見今屯在五蘊山中。有八萬四千餘眾。既知體勢。計在剎那。遂點十八界雄兵。並立體空為號。人人有無礙之力。箇箇懷勇健之能。直心為見性之功。一正去百邪之亂。擐堅固甲。執三昧鏘。智箭禪弓光明慧劒。向大乘門中訓練。寂滅山內安營。三明嶺上開旗。八正路邊排布。遣大覺性。為捉生之將。遊歷四方。搜求妄想之踪。抄截無明之蹟。復使慈悲王。破三毒之寨。忍辱帥伐嗔怒之城。精進軍除傲慢之妖。喜捨士捉慳貪之賊。逡巡而魔軍大起。殺氣衝天。臣乃部領摩訶。一時齊入。當爾之時。眼不觀色。耳不聽聲。鼻不嗅香。舌不了味。身不受觸。意不攀緣。一志向前。念念不退。倏忽而魔軍大敗。六賊全輸。殺戮無邊。掃除蕩盡。生擒妄想。活捉無明。領向涅槃場中。以慧劍斬為三段。煩惱林當時摧折。人我山化作微塵。癡愛網遭智火焚燒。邪見林被慧風吹竭。因茲三明再朗。四智重圓。內外無瑕。廓然清淨。心王坐歡喜之殿。真如登解脫之樓。自性遊無礙之堂。三身踞法空之座。從茲法界寧靜。永絕囂塵。共渡生死之河。齊到菩提之岸。魔軍既退。合具奏聞。

Your subject has heard: The paths of the Three Vehicles are broad; the Dharma realm is boundless; the ocean of wisdom is calm and clear; the ten directions are secure and peaceful. Yet at times the armies of Māra contend and rise up, invading and disturbing the mind-ground. Once the six thieves grow strong, the mind-king is alarmed and agitated. A hundred monstrosities arise in the morning; a thousand perversities spring up in the evening, shaking and confusing suchness, exhausting the Dharma body. The path to bodhi is blocked and impassable; nirvāṇa is ruined; the Three Jewels are harmed and damaged. The jewels of the unconditioned are all stolen away; the Dharma riches of the great treasury are utterly plundered. Defilements blot out the sun; fires of desire reach across the heavens, tossing the Dharma city and burning the sacred realm. Seeing such violent turmoil, your subject feared the Buddhadharma could hardly endure. Thereupon, taking counsel with the six pāramitās, we joined together to exterminate them. We dispatched intrinsic emptiness as a secret scout to reconnoitre the armies of Māra, seeing them presently encamped within the mountains of the five aggregates, more than eighty-four thousand strong. Knowing their configuration, the plan was made in a kṣaṇa: we mustered the valiant soldiers of the eighteen realms and established 'Embodiment of Emptiness' as our password. Every person possesses unimpeded strength; each one cherishes courageous skill. The straight mind serves as the merit of seeing one's nature; a single rectitude banishes the disorder of a hundred evils. Donning the armour of firmness, grasping the lance of samādhi, with arrows of wisdom, bows of dhyāna, and swords of luminous prajñā, we trained within the gate of the Mahāyāna, pitched camp inside the mountains of quiescence, unfurled our banners upon the ridge of the three clear knowledges, and deployed along the path of the eightfold correctness. We sent forth Great Awakened Nature as the vanguard general to roam across the four directions, searching for the traces of delusive thoughts and intercepting the tracks of fundamental ignorance. Furthermore, we had the King of Compassion breach the stronghold of the three poisons, the Marshal of Forbearance strike the city of anger, the Army of Vigour eliminate the demons of arrogance, and the Knight of Joyous Renunciation capture the thieves of stinginess. In no time the army of Māra arose in full force, murderous qi piercing the heavens. Your subject led the mahā-forces and charged in all together. At that very moment, the eyes did not view forms, the ears did not listen to sounds, the nose did not smell scents, the tongue did not perceive tastes, the body did not receive contacts, and the mind did not grasp at conditions. With single-minded resolve we forged ahead, without retreating for a single thought. In an instant the army of Māra was utterly defeated; the six thieves lost completely. Countless were slain; they were swept clean away. We captured delusive thoughts alive and took fundamental ignorance prisoner, led them into the arena of nirvāṇa, and with the sword of wisdom sliced them into three pieces. The forest of afflictions was instantly shattered; the mountain of self and other turned to fine dust. The net of foolish craving was burned up by the fire of wisdom; the grove of heterodox views was dried out by the wind of wisdom. Because of this, the three clear knowledges shone brightly once more, the four wisdoms became complete again, internal and external are without blemish, vast and pure. The mind-king sits in the palace of joy; suchness ascends the tower of liberation; self-nature roams through the hall of non-obstruction; the three bodies occupy the seat of Dharma emptiness. Henceforth the Dharma realm is tranquil, forever cutting off noise and dust, crossing together the river of birth and death, arriving together at the shore of bodhi. The army of Māra having retreated, it is fitting to report and make this known.