2月10日

誌公藥方
南梁 寶誌 ( 418~514 )

梁武帝問誌公和尚:「如何修行得永劫不失人身？」

誌公答:「貧道有一藥方，往五蘊山中採取：不瞋心
一具，常歡喜二兩，慈悲行三寸，忍辱根四橛，智慧性
五升，精進意六合，除煩惱七顆，善知識八分。右件藥
用聰明刀，向平等砧上細剉，去卻人我根，入無礙臼中，
以金剛杵擣一千下，用波羅蜜為丸，每日取八功德水服
一丸，即得永劫不失人身。。服藥忌口，少語第一寶，
忍辱無價珍，莫說他人過，終歸自損身。罵他還自罵，
瞋他還自瞋，譬如木中火，鑽出自燒身。」

武帝又問:「如何得成佛？」

誌公答:「知無常，解大理，敬三寶，存終始，好事
行，惡事止，自取非，與他是，行平等，無彼此，莫損人，
莫利己，除貪瞋，常歡喜。若覓佛，只者是。」

──選自《禪門諸祖師偈頌》

February 10th

Prescription from Master Baozhi
Baozhi (418 - 514, Southern Liang Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang and Zhi Yue

Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty asked Master Baozhi,
“How does one cultivate to guarantee eternal rebirth as a
human being?”

Master Baozhi replied, “This humble monk has one
prescription whose ingredients can be acquired from the
Mountain of Five Aggregates:
“1 whole angerless heart
2 taels of constant joy
3 inches of compassionate practice
4 sticks of the root of patience
5 liters of a wise nature
6 milliliters of diligent mind
7 beads of affliction eliminator
8 parts of virtuous company

“Using the blade of intelligence, file thin on the anvil of
equality. Remove the roots of discrimination between self and
other. Place ingredients into the mortar of no obstructions and
pound a thousand times with a diamond pestle. Take one pill
of paramita daily with the water of eight virtues. One shall
instantly be guaranteed eternal rebirth as a human being.

“Observe dietary restrictions while taking medication.
Speaking less is the foremost gem, while patience is an
invaluable treasure; do not speak of the faults of others for it
will only harm oneself in the end. Insulting others will result in
being insulted. Hating others will result in being hated; just as
wood in a fire, what will be burned is oneself.”

Emperor Wu further asked, “How does one attain
Buddhahood?”

“Know impermanence, understand the great truth, respect
the Triple Gem, and see things from beginning to end. Practice
all that is wholesome and stop all that is unwholesome. Allow
ourselves to be wrong and others to be right; practice equality
without distinction of self and other. Do not harm others or seek
personal gain. Eliminate greed and anger, and always be joyful.
The Buddha of which one seeks, one becomes,” replied Master
Baozhi.

── from Chanmen Zhuzushi Jisong (Poems of the Chan Patriarchs)