..续本文上一页ur body is the agent of calamity;

　　 No pity nor blame to anyone else.

　　 If you don”t seek an invitation to hell,

　　 Never slander the Tathagata”s true teaching.

　　 In the sandalwood forest, there is no other tree.

　　 Only the lion lives in such deep luxuriant woods,

　　 Wandering freely in a state of peace.

　　 Other animals and birds stay far away.

　　 Just baby lions follow the parent,

　　 And three-year-olds already roar loudly.

　　 How can the jackal pursue the king of the Dharma

　　 Even with a hundred thousand demonic arts

　　 The Buddha”s doctrine of directness

　　 Is not a matter for human emotion.

　　 If you doubt this or feel uncertain,

　　 Then you must discuss it with me.

　　 This is not the free rein of a mountain monk”s ego.

　　 I fear your training may lead to wrong views

　　 Of permanent soul or complete extinction.

　　 Being is not being; non-being is not non-being;

　　 Miss this rule by a hair,

　　 And you are off by a thousand miles.

　　 Understanding it, the dragon-child abruptly attains Buddhahood;

　　 Misunderstanding it, the greatest scholar falls into hell.

　　 From my youth I piled studies upon studies,

　　 In sutras and shastras I searched and researched,

　　 Classifying terms and forms, oblivious to fatigue.

　　 I entered the sea to count the sands in vain

　　 And then the Tathagata scolded me kindly

　　 As I read "What profit in counting your neighbour”s treasure

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　　 My work had been scattered and entirely useless,

　　 For years I was dust blown by the wind.

　　 If the seed-nature is wrong, misunderstandings arise,

　　 And the Buddha”s doctrine of immediacy cannot be attained.

　　 Shravaka and Pratyeka students may study earnestly

　　 But they lack aspiration.

　　 Others may be very clever,

　　 But they lack prajna.

　　 Stupid ones, childish ones,

　　 They suppose there is something in an empty fist.

　　 They mistake the pointing finger for the moon.

　　 They are idle dreamers lost in form and sensation.

　　 Not supposing something is the Tathagata.

　　 This is truly called Kwan-Yin, the Bodhisattva who sees freely.

　　 When awakened we find karmic hindrances fundamentally empty.

　　 But when not awakened, we must repay all our debts.

　　 The hungry are served a king”s repast,

　　 And they cannot eat.

　　 The sick meet the king of doctors;

　　 Why don”t they recover

　　 The practice of Zen in this greedy world--

　　 This is the power of wise vision.

　　 The lotus lives in the midst of the fire;

　　 It is never destroyed.

　　 Pradhanashura broke the gravest precepts;

　　 But he went on to realize the unborn.

　　 The Buddhahood he attained in that moment

　　 Lives with us now in our time.

　　 The incomparable lion roar of the doctrine!

　　 How sad that people are stubbornly ignorant;

　　 Just knowing that crime blocks enlightenment,

　　 Not seeing the secret of the Tathagata teaching.

　　 Two monks were guilty of murder and carnality.

　　 Their leader, Upali, had the light of a glow-worm;

　　 He just added to their guilt.

　　 Vimalakirti cleared their doubts at once

　　 As sunshine melts the frost and snow.

　　 The remarkable power of emancipation

　　 Works wonders innumerable as the sands of the Ganges.

　　 To this we offer clothing. food, bedding, medicine.

　　 Ten thousand pieces of gold are not sufficient;

　　 Though you break your body

　　 And your bones become powder,--

　　 This is not enough for repayment.

　　 One vivid word surpasses millions of years of practice.

　　 The King of the Dharma deserves our highest respect.

　　 Tathagatas, innumerable as sands of the Ganges,

　　 All prove this fact by their attainment.

　　 Now I know what the Mani-jewel is:

　　 Those who believe this will gain it accordingly.

　　 When we see truly, there is nothing at all.

　　 There is no man; there is no Buddha.

　　 Innumerable things of the universe

　　 Are just bubbles on the sea.

　　 Wise sages are all like flashes of lightning.

　　 However the burning iron ring revolves about my head,

　　 With bright completeness of dhyana and prajna

　　 I never lose my equanimity.

　　 If the sun becomes cold, and the moon hot,

　　 Evil cannot shatter the truth.

　　 The carriage of the elephant moves like a mountain,

　　 How can the mantis block the road

　　 The great elephant does not loiter on the rabbit”s path,

　　 Great enlightenment is not concerned with details.

　　 Don”t belittle the sky by looking through a pipe.

　　 If you still don”t understand, I will settle it for you.

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