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緇門警訓 7.16

緇門警訓 7.16

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Classical Chinese

7.16

上士參玄人。光陰莫虛棄。渡江須用船。為人須有志。
名相各不同。非一亦非二。佛法苦無多。
於中無別伎。動著關捩子。非師自然智。徹底老婆心。
觸人無忌諱。剎境一毫端。到此無回避。
唱起德山歌。道者合如是。佛祖出頭來。
吞聲須飲氣。作略遮些兒。古今無變異。混沌未分時。
早有箇田契。人人本具足。不肯回頭視。
箇箇達本鄉。切忌著名位。過去諸如來。不離而今咦。
現在諸菩薩。轉次而受記。智者暗點頭。
心空親及第。愚人不信受。拋家自逃逝。
哀哉猛省來。現成真活計。箇裏用無窮。宗門第一義。
左右逢其原。亦不離行市。銅頭鐵額兒。
腦門須著地。願以此功德。普及於一切。

Those of superior capacity who inquire into the mystery: / Do not vainly squander time! / To cross a river, one must use a boat; / To be a human being, one must have aspiration. / Names and characteristics differ individually, / Yet they are neither one nor two. / The Buddha Dharma is miserably not much; / Within it, there is no special trick. / Once the trigger mechanism is activated, / It is uninstructed natural wisdom. / Thoroughly maternal in heartfelt care, / Touching upon people without inhibition. / A kṣetra realm on the tip of a single hair: / Arriving here, there is no evading it. / Singing the song of Deshan, / Those of the Way ought to be like this. / Even if Buddhas and patriarchs show their heads, / They must choke back their voices and swallow their breath. / With this bit of operational style, / There has been no alteration from antiquity to the present. / When the primordial chaos had not yet divided, / There was already this land deed. / Everyone is inherently endowed with it, / Yet they are unwilling to turn their heads and look. / Every single one reaches the native village, / But strictly avoid clinging to names and positions! / The past Tathāgatas / Are not separate from this very 'Ah!' / The present bodhisattvas / Receive prophecies in succession. / The wise nod in secret agreement: / With mind empty, they personally pass the examination. / Foolish people do not believe and accept it; / Abandoning their homes, they flee on their own. / Alas! Wake up vigorously! / It is a ready-made, genuine livelihood. / Within this, the functioning is inexhaustible; / The primary meaning of the ancestral gate. / Meeting its source on the left and right, / It is also not separate from the marketplace. / Fellows with copper heads and iron foreheads: / Your brow must touch the ground! / I vow that with this merit, / It may extend universally to all.

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