緇門警訓 1.2

1.2

一性圓明人人具足。瞥然妄念遽爾輪迴。大哀曠濟拔滯溺之沈流。方便多門俾脩為以復厥性。然必志至焉。氣次焉。弗能以志帥氣者。往往陷於過差之地。而不反。由是而有具大根器。乘本願輪。滅却正法眼藏者。出而為惡辣鉗鎚嗔拳熱喝。若迅雷疾霆之弗及掩耳。以烹鍊之以鈞陶之。以掀翻而擴徹之。以至或為法語。為小參。為示眾。為警策。為訓誡。為箴銘。以激厲之。以鞭辟之。以獎拔之。以化導而誘引之。噫弘法願重愍物情深。緇門警訓一書之所以會萃成編者。豈徒然哉。乃若大明麗天。等受厥照。膜翳在眼。妄生疑端。則又錯綜。

The single nature is perfectly luminous, complete in every person. Yet with a sudden delusion, one instantly enters saṃsāra. With great compassion and vast rescue, [the enlightened ones] pull up those stranded and drowning in the drifting flow; through many expedient means, they enable them to cultivate and restore their nature. However, will must be supreme, and energy secondary. Those who cannot guide energy with will often sink into errors and fail to return. For this reason, there are those endowed with great capacity who, riding the wheel of their original vows, wipe out the treasury of the true dharma eye, stepping forth to apply harsh pincers and hammers, furious fists, and scorching shouts—like swift thunder and sudden lightning that leave no time to cover one's ears—in order to smelt and forge them, to mold and fashion them, to overturn and completely penetrate them. They further compose dharma words, informal instructions, instructions to the assembly, admonitions, injunctions, and mottos to stimulate and urge them, to drive and spur them, to praise and elevate them, and to transform and guide them. Ah! The vow to propagate the Dharma is weighty, and their pity for sentient beings is profound. How could the compilation of this book, Admonitions and Instructions for the Black-Robed Order, be in vain? Yet, just as the great sun hangs brilliantly in the sky and all equally receive its illumination, when a cataract clouds the eye, doubts arise in vain; hence, there are interwoven...