[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 23.25 # 廣弘明集 23.25 廣弘明集 23.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.23.25) 夫協理置論。百家未見其是。因心自了。一己不患其躓。而終莫相辨。我若咸歎翻淪得拔竟知于誰。冀行跡立則善惡靡徵。欲聲名傳則薰蕕同歇。然意非身之所挫。期出命之所限者。目所親覿見之若人矣。惠心朗識發於髫辮。生自稟華家嬴金帛。加以巧乘騎解絲竹。沫絕景於康衢。弄絃管於華肆者。非徒經旬涉朔彌歷年稔而已。諒趙李之咸陽。程鄭之臨邛矣。既而永夜獨悟。中飲興歎曰。悲夫欣厭迭來終歸憂苦。不杜其根於何超絕。且三界迴沈諸天倏瞬。況齊景牛山隋武企陰。催促節物逼迫霜露。推此願言伊何能久。慨然有擯落榮華兼濟物我之志。母氏矜其心。姊弟申其操。遂相許諾。出家求道一身既然闔門離世。妻子長絕歡娛永謝。豈唯向之靡樂。判之盛年終古恩愛於今仳別矣。旅舟南遡投景廬嶽。一登石門香鑪峰。六年不下嶺。僧眾不堪其深。法師不改其節。援物之念不以幽居自抗。同學嬰疾。振錫萬里相救。余時謝病東山。承風遙羨。豈望人期頗以山招。法師至止鄙人勞役。前詩敘粗已記之。故不重煩。及中間反山成說。欵盡遂獲。接棟重崖俱挹迴㵎。茹芝朮而共餌。披法言而同卷者。再歷寒暑。非直山陽靡喜慍之容令尹一進已之色。實明悟幽微祛滌近滯。蕩去薄垢日忘其疾。庶白首同居而乖離無象。信順莫歸徵集何緣。晚節羅釁遠見參尋。至止阻閡音塵殆絕。值暑遘疾。未旬即化。誠存亡命也。此行頗實有由。承凶感痛。寔百常情紙墨幾時。非以期名。蓋欽志節追深平生。自不能默已。故投懷援筆。其辭曰。 > Now, when establishing discourses in accord with principles, the hundred schools have not yet determined what is right; when relying on the mind to understand internally, a single person does not fear stumbling. Yet in the end, they cannot distinguish one from another. If we all sigh over falling into ruin yet being rescued, who ultimately knows for whose sake? Hoping that when conduct is established, good and evil need not be scrutinized; desiring that when fame is transmitted, the fragrant and the foul wither alike. However, for one whose purpose was not broken by bodily frame, and whose aspirations transcended the limits of life, in what my own eyes personally witnessed, I saw such a person in this master! > His benevolent mind and luminous intellect emerged in his youth. Born with innate nobility, his family possessed abundant gold and silks. Furthermore, he was skilled at riding and understood strings and pipes. Darting past fleeting scenery on the grand boulevards and plucking strings and blowing pipes in splendid marketplaces, this was not merely for a matter of weeks and months, but went on for years. Truly, he was like the Zhao and Li families of Xianyang, or the Cheng and Zheng clans of Linqiong! > Afterward, during a long night of solitary realization, in the midst of drinking he sighed and said: “How sorrowful! Joy and aversion come by turns, ultimately returning to sorrow and suffering. If one does not block their roots, how can one transcend them? Moreover, the three realms whirl and sink, and the various heavens are but a fleeting instant. How much more so Duke Jing of Qi atop Mount Niu, or Emperor Wu of Sui peering at the shadows? The seasonal affairs urge us on, pressed hard by frost and dew. Inferring from these earnest words, how could this endure for long?” > Resolutely, he conceived the aspiration to cast aside glory and splendor, and universally succour both others and self. His mother pitied his resolve, and his elder sister and younger brother praised his integrity; they thereupon gave their consent. Leaving the household to seek the Way, he himself having done so, his entire family withdrew from the world. Wife and children were severed forever, and joys were dismissed for good. How could it be merely the vanishing of past pleasures? Discerning it in the prime of his youth, the love and affections of all time were now parted forever. > Taking a travel boat southward, he cast his shadow on Mount Lu. Once he ascended Stone Gate and Incense Burner Peak, for six years he did not descend the ridge. The assembly of monks could not endure its depths, but the Dharma Master did not alter his discipline. His thought of aiding others did not allow him to remain proud in seclusion: when a fellow student fell ill, he shook his staff across ten thousand li to rescue him. > At that time, I was recuperating from illness at East Mountain (Dongshan). Hearing of his reputation, I admired him from afar. How could I expect his personal presence? I merely invited him on account of the mountains. When the Dharma Master arrived, I, an unworthy person, was burdened by mundane duties. The preface to my earlier poem roughly recorded it, so I will not trouble to repeat it. > Later, when he returned to the mountain and expounded teachings, our sincerity was fully realized and at last fulfilled. Adjoining eaves on layered crags, together we drew from the winding torrent. Eating mushrooms and atractylodes, sharing our meals; opening the words of the Dharma, reading from the same scrolls—this lasted for two cycles of cold and heat. It was not merely that Shan Tao showed no expression of joy or anger, or that the Chief Minister was unaffected by being dismissed or promoted; he truly illuminated the hidden and subtle, clearing away immediate blockages, washing away subtle defilements, daily forgetting his illnesses. > I had hoped we would dwell together into white-haired old age, yet separation came without warning. Sincerity and compliance found no return; what cause was there to gather again? In his later years, entangled in misfortune, he came from afar to visit me. Having arrived, obstacles intervened, and letters and news were nearly cut off. Meeting with the summer heat, he contracted an illness, and within ten days he passed away. Truly, life and death are governed by fate! This journey indeed had its cause. Hearing the tragic news, my grief and pain were a hundredfold above common sentiments. How long could paper and ink last? It is not to seek fame; rather, admiring his will and integrity, and recalling deeply our lifelong bond, I could not remain silent. Therefore, entrusting my heart, I take up the brush. 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