經律異相 26.21

26.21

劫燒終訖　乾坤洞然　須彌巨海
都為灰焬　天龍福盡　於中凋喪
二儀尚殞　國有何常　生老病死
輪轉無際　事與願違　憂悲為害
欲深禍重　瘡疣無外　三界皆苦
國有何賴　有本自無　因緣成諸
盛者必衰　實者必虛　眾生蠢蠢
都如幻居　聲響俱空　國土亦如
識神無形　假乘四蛇　無明寶象
以為樂車　形無常主　神無常家
形神尚離　豈有國耶

"When the kalpa-burning ends, / heaven and earth blaze thoroughly; / Sumeru and the vast oceans / all turn to ashes and cinders. / When the merit of devas and dragons is exhausted, / they wither and perish therein. / When even the two principles perish, / what constancy is there in a kingdom? / Birth, old age, sickness, and death / revolve without limit; / things run contrary to wishes, / and grief and sorrow cause harm. / Desires are deep and disasters heavy, / sores and tumors without end; / the three realms are all suffering, / what reliance is there in a kingdom? / Being fundamentally originates from non-being; / causes and conditions bring all into existence. / What flourishes must decline; / what is real must become empty. / The teeming sentient beings / all abide as if in an illusion; / sounds and echoes are both empty, / and kingdoms are also like this. / The conscious spirit is formless, / falsely mounting the four serpents; / taking the jewel elephant of ignorance / as a chariot of pleasure. / Form has no constant master; / the spirit has no constant home. / When even form and spirit part, / how can there be a kingdom?"