4月25日

信心銘
隋 僧璨 ( ?~606 )

至道無難，唯嫌揀擇；
但莫憎愛，洞然明白。
違順相爭，是為心病；
不識玄旨，徒勞念靜。
莫逐有緣，勿住空忍；
一種平懷，泯然自盡。
二見不住，慎勿追尋；
纔有是非，紛然失心。
六塵不惡，還同正覺；
智者無為，愚人自縛。
夢幻空華，何勞把捉；
得失是非，一時放卻。

──選自《御選語錄》

April 25th

Faith in Mind
Sengcan ( ? - 606, Sui Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

It is not difficult to attain the Way,
Except when you have preferences;
You just need not hate or love,
To thoroughly understand why.

The struggle between rejection or acceptance
Is just an illness of the mind;
Failing to realize the profound objective,
Quiescence of the mind would only be futile.

Chase not any conditionality of existence,
Never abide in the patience of emptiness;
With a sense of equality,
All will naturally extinguish.

As soon as concepts of right and wrong exist,
Chaos would begin in the mind,
The Six Objects* were never unwholsome,
They are but equivalent to enlightenment.

Dreams, delusions, and flower in the sky
Are not worth the effort of grasping;
Be it gain, loss, right, or wrong,
Let it go once and for all.

── from Yuxuan Yulu (Sayings from the Imperial Writings)

* Refers to the six sense objects: sight, sound, smell, taste,
touch, and Dharma.