8月4日

開經偈
唐 武則天 ( 624 - 705 )

無上甚深微妙法，百千萬劫難遭遇；
我今見聞得受持，願解如來真實義。

──選自《百丈叢林清規證義記》

August 4

Sutra Opening Gatha
Wu Zetian (624 - 705, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

This unsurpassed, profound and wondrous Dharma,
Which is hard to encounter in countless kalpas;
Now that I can see, hear and am able to uphold it,
I vow to attain the Tathagata’s true teachings.

── from Baizhang Conglin Qinggui Zhengyi Ji
(Record of Testimony and Meaning of the Baizhang Monastic Regulations)