問道鳥窠禪師 / wèn dào niǎo kē chán shī /
Asking Chan Master Niaoke
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11月19日
問道鳥窠禪師
唐 白居易 ( 772~846 )
特入空門問苦空，敢將禪事問禪翁；
為當夢是浮生事，為復浮生是夢中。
──選自《武林西湖高僧事略》
November 19
Asking Chan Master Niaoke
Bai Juyi (772 - 846, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: You Zai
Entering the gate of emptiness
to inquire on suffering and emptiness,
Gallantly requesting about
Chan affairs from the Chan master.
Should our dreams be regarded as the affairs of this transient life,
Or this transient life as nothing but the events in our dreams?
── from Wulin Xihu Gaoseng Shilue (Biographical Sketches of Eminent Monks at Wulin West Lake)
References:
《獻給旅行者們365日──中華文化佛教寶典》365 Days for Travelers: Wisdom from Chinese Literary and Buddhist Classics
