[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 14.49 # 佛祖歷代通載 14.49 佛祖歷代通載 14.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.49) （三十三）　是歲東都聖善寺大師凝公卒。翰林白居易作八漸偈弔之。其序曰。居易甞求心要於師。師賜教焉。曰觀。曰覺。曰定。曰慧。曰明。曰通。曰濟。曰捨。由是入於耳貫於心。嗚呼今師之報身則化。師之八言不化。至哉八言。實無生忍觀之漸門也。故自觀至捨次而贊之。廣一言為一偈。謂之八漸偈。蓋欲以發揮師之心教。且明居易不敢失墜也。既而升于堂禮于床。跪而唱泣而去。偈曰　觀　以心中眼。觀心外相。從何而有。從何而喪。觀之又觀。則辨真妄　覺　惟真常在。為妄所蒙。真妄苟辨。覺生其中。不離妄有。而得真空　定　真若不滅。妄即不起。六根之源。湛如止水。是為禪定。乃脫生死　慧　專之以定。定猶有繫。濟之以慧。慧則無滯。如珠在盤。盤走珠慧　明　定慧相合。合而後明。照彼萬物。物無遺形。如大圓鏡。有應無情　通　慧至乃明。明則不昧。明至乃通。通則無礙。無礙者何。變化自在　濟　通力不常。應念而變。二相非有。隨求而見。是大慈悲。以一濟萬　捨　眾苦既濟。大悲亦捨。苦既非真。悲亦是假。是故眾生。實無度者。 > (33 \[804 CE\]) In this year, Master Ning of Shengshan Temple in the Eastern Capital passed away. Bai Juyi of the Hanlin Academy composed 'Gāthās on the Eight Gradual Steps' to mourn him. His preface said: 'Juyi once sought the essentials of mind from the Master, and the Master favored me with his instructions, saying: Contemplation, Awakening, Concentration, Wisdom, Illumination, Penetration, Deliverance, and Renunciation. Thereupon they entered my ears and pierced my heart. Alas! Now the Master's retribution-body has transformed, but the Master's eight words do not transform. How supreme are these eight words! They are truly the gradual portal to the contemplation of the forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas. Therefore, from Contemplation through Renunciation, I praise them in sequence, expanding one word into one gāthā, calling them the "Gāthās on the Eight Gradual Steps." This is intended to unfold the Master's teaching of the mind and to make clear that Juyi dares not let it fall into neglect.' Thereupon he mounted the hall, bowed before the couch, knelt, and after chanting and weeping, took his leave. The gāthās said: / Contemplation: / 'With the eye within the mind, / Contemplate marks outside the mind: / From where do they arise? / From where do they vanish? / Contemplating them again and again, / One distinguishes the real from the false.' / Awakening: / 'Only the real is ever-present, / Yet it is shrouded by the false; / If the real and false are distinguished, / Awakening arises therein; / Not apart from false existence, / One attains true emptiness.' / Concentration: / 'If the real is not destroyed, / The false will not arise; / The source of the six sense-faculties / Is serene as still water: / This is meditative concentration, / Which liberates from birth and death.' / Wisdom: / 'Concentrating solely on stillness, / Stillness still entails attachment; / Remedy it with wisdom, / For wisdom has no obstruction: / Like a pearl upon a tray, / As the tray moves, the pearl darts freely.' / Illumination: / 'Concentration and wisdom unite; / Once united, illumination follows, / Shining upon the myriad things, / Leaving no form unreflected: / Like a great round mirror, / Responding without personal feeling.' / Penetration: / 'When wisdom culminates, illumination comes; / Illumination means no obscuration. / When illumination culminates, penetration comes; / Penetration means no obstruction. / What is unobstructedness? / Transformation at complete ease.' / Deliverance: / 'Penetrating power is not constant; / It transforms according to the thought. / The two marks are nonexistent, / Yet manifest according to the quest: / This is great compassion, / Saving ten thousand through one.' / Renunciation: / 'Once the myriad sufferings are delivered, / Great compassion too is renounced; / Since suffering is not real, / Compassion is also provisional: / Therefore, among sentient beings, / Truly none are delivered.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.48) - [Next: 14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.50) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.14.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.189) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.14.49) · Pramāṇa