[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 4.26 # 高僧傳 4.26 高僧傳 4.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.26) 俄又投迹剡山，於沃洲小嶺立寺行道，僧眾百餘，常隨稟學。時或有墮者，遁乃著〈座右銘〉以勗之。曰：「勤之勤之，至道非彌，奚為淹滯？弱喪神奇。茫茫三界，眇眇長羈，煩勞外湊，冥心內馳。殉赴欽渴，緬邈忘疲，人生一世，涓若露垂。我身非我，云云誰施，達人懷德，知安必危。寂寥清舉，濯累禪池，謹守明禁，雅翫玄規。綏心神道，抗志無為，寮朗三蔽，融冶六疵。空同五陰，豁虛四支，非指喻指，絕而莫離。妙覺既陳，又玄其知，婉轉平任，與物推移，過此以往，勿思勿議。敦之覺父，志在嬰兒。」時論以遁才堪經贊，而潔己拔俗，有違兼濟之道，遁乃作〈釋矇論〉。 > Soon afterwards, he retired to the mountains of Shan, founding a monastery on the Lesser Ridge of Wozhou to practice the Way. The saṃgha numbered over a hundred, who constantly followed and learned from him. As some among them occasionally grew lax, Dun composed an 'Inscribed Admonition for the Right of One's Seat' to exhort them, which ran: 'Strive, strive! The utmost Way is not far; / Why linger and delay, / Weakly forfeiting the marvelous and spiritual? / Boundless are the three realms, / Distant and long the fetters; / Toils and troubles converge from without, / While the dark mind gallops within. / Sacrificing oneself to pursue cravings and thrist, / Drawn far away, forgetting fatigue; / A human life lasts but one generation, / As fleeting as suspended dew. / My body is not myself— / To whom does all this commotion apply? / The realized person cherishes virtue, / Knowing that peace must turn to peril. / Serene and aloof, soaring cleanly, / One cleanses defilements in the pool of dhyāna; / Carefully observing the luminous precepts, / Elegantly relishing the mysterious rules. / Pacify the mind in the spiritual Way; / Raise the will toward non-action. / Brightly clear the three obscurations; / Melt and dissolve the six blemishes. / Empty and unify the five aggregates; / Clear away and open the four limbs. / "Not a finger" points to the finger; / Severed, yet never separated. / Once marvelous awakening is expounded, / Deepen its knowledge in mystery. / Adaptable and calm, yielding to what comes, / Moving along with things; / Beyond this, / Think not, discuss not. / Zealous toward the Father of Awakening, / Keep your intent like an infant.' The public opinion of the time held that Dun's talent was fit to expound the scriptures and assist the state, yet his puritanical detachment from the worldly contradicted the principle of universal salvation. Dun thereupon composed the 'Treatise Dispelling Ignorance'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.25) - [Next: 4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.27) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.4.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.4.26) · Pramāṇa