英文讀經｜《六祖大師法寶壇經》行由品第一（10）

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六祖大師法寶壇經

The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra

南無本師釋迦牟尼佛

CHAPTER ONE Where It All Began

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行由第一

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聽吾偈曰：

I have a verse for you:

有情來下種，

Out of caring,

I am planting this seed;

因地果還生，

Because of the ground,

the fruits will ripen again.

無情既無種，

Without this feeling,

there'd be no seed planted;

無性亦無生。

Without the nature,

there'd be no new life to thrive.

祖復曰：

The Patriarch further said,

昔達磨大師，初來此土，

"Long ago, when the Great Master

Bodhidharma came to this land,

人未之信，

people did not believe in him.

故傳此衣，以為信體，

As a symbol of his sincerity,

he bequeathed this robe to be passed

代代相承。

along from generation to generation.

法則以心傳心，

The Dharma is handed down mind to mind

皆令自悟自解。

leading all to their own awakening

and their own liberation.

自古，

From ancient times,

佛佛惟傳本體，

all Buddhas only transmit

the fundamental truth;

師師密付本心。

the true intention is passed along

more privately from master to master.

衣為爭端，

The robe, however,

has become a source of contention;

止汝勿傳。

let it stop with you

and not be passed on.

若傳此衣，

For if you pass it on,

命如懸絲。

your life will be

hanging by a thread.

汝須速去，恐人害汝。

Quickly go now, for I fear

others might harm you!"

惠能啟曰：向甚處去？

I asked, "Where should I go?"

祖云：

The Patriarch replied,

逢懷則止，遇會則藏。

"Stop at Huai, and hide at Hui."

惠能三更領得衣鉢，

In the third watch,

I received the robe and bowl,

云：能本是南中人，

and asked, "I am a Southerner

素不知此山路，

and do not know

these mountain roads.

如何出得江口？

How do I get to the mouth

of the river [Yangtze]?"

五祖言：

The Fifth Patriarch said,

汝不須憂，

"Don't worry.

吾自送汝。

I will see you off myself."

祖相送，直至九江驛。

The Fifth Patriarch escorted me

as far as the Jiujiang courier station,

祖令上船，

where he had us get on a boat.

五祖把艣自搖。

The Patriarch took up the oars

and began to row.

惠能言：請和尚坐。

I said, "Please, Master, sit down.

弟子合搖艣。

Your disciple should row."

祖云：合是吾渡汝。

The Patriarch replied,

"It is appropriate

that I take you across."

惠能云：迷時師度，

I said, "When someone is confused,

his master takes him across.

悟了自度。

But when one has awakened,

he takes himself across.

度名雖一，

Both are called 'crossing over',

用處不同。

but they are used differently.

惠能生在邊方，

I was born in a border region,

語音不正，

so my speech has an accent,

蒙師傳法，

yet I have been entrusted

with the Dharma.

今已得悟，

And now that I have awakened

只合自性自度。

it is only right that I

'take across' my own essential nature."

朗讀：合門

校對：日清

願以此功德，普及於一切，

我等與眾生，皆共成佛道。

今

日

精

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