4月3日

慈受禪師廣錄
宋 慈受懷深 ( 1077~1132 )

莫說他人短與長，說來說去自招殃；
若能閉口深藏舌，便是安身第一方。
萬事無如退步人，孤雲野鶴自由身；
松風十里時來往，笑揖峰頭月一輪。
萬事無如退步休，本來無證亦無修；
明窗高掛多留月，黃菊深栽盛得秋。
萬事無如退步高，放教癡鈍卻安然；
漆因有用遭人割，膏為能明徹夜熬。

──選自《禪關策進外十部》

April 3rd

Extensive Records of Chan Master Cishou
Cishou Huaishen (1077 - 1132, Song Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

Speak not of others' good and bad,
The more said the more trouble one shall attract;
If one guards the tongue and conceals one's speech,
Such is the best way to ensure one's safety.

Be there ten thousand affairs,
None compares to the act of compromise;
Becoming as free as the lone cloud and wild crane,
Like wind that comes and goes over pine trees across ten miles,
I bow, smiling to the moon over the mountain peaks.

Be there ten thousand affairs,
None compares to the peace brought by compromise;
Attainment or cultivation had never been,
Hanging high outside the clear window is the moon,
In autumn, the well-tended chrysanthemums are in full bloom.

Be there ten thousand affairs,
None compares to a good rest after compromise;
Though slow-witted, I am nevertheless at peace,
Just as a lacquer tree has use, it therefore gets cut into,
Just as oil brings light, it therefore must burn all night.

── from Changuan Cejin Wai Shibu (Anthology of the Chan Whip)