Great Master Bodhidharma | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation
| 法师者，西域南天竺国人，是婆罗门国王第三之子也。神慧疏朗，闻皆晓悟；志存摩诃衍道，故舍素随缁，绍隆圣种；冥心虚寂，通鉴世事，内外俱明，德超世表。悲悔边隅正教陵替，遂能远涉山海，游化汉魏。 | The Dharma Master was a native of southern India in the Western Regions, the third son of a Brahmin king. His innate wisdom was lucid and expansive: whatever he heard, he immediately comprehended. His aspiration lay in the Mahayana path; therefore, he cast aside white garments for the black robes, continuing and magnifying the sacred lineage. His mind rested in profound emptiness and stillness, while he clearly perceived the affairs of the world. He was illumined both inwardly and outwardly, his virtue transcending the ordinary world. Grieving that the true teaching had declined in these remote regions, he crossed mountains and seas from afar, journeying and teaching in the lands of Han and Wei. |
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| 亡心之士，莫不归信；存见之流，乃生讥谤。于时唯有道育惠可，此二沙门年虽后生，俊志高远。幸逢法师，事之数载，虔恭咨启，善蒙师意。 | Those who had relinquished mind all turned to him in faith; those who still clung to views gave rise to mockery and slander. At that time there were only Daoyu and Huike. Though these two sramanas belonged to a later generation, their noble aspirations were lofty and far-reaching. Fortunate to encounter the Dharma Master, they served him for several years, earnestly and reverently seeking his instruction, and capably received the Master’s intent. |
| 法师感其精诚，诲以真道，令如是安心，如是发行，如是顺物，如是方便，此是大乘安心之法，令无错谬。如是安心者：壁观。如是发行者：四行。如是顺物者：防护讥嫌。如是方便者：遣其不著。此略序所由云尔。 | Moved by their sincerity, the Dharma Master instructed them in the true Way: thus to pacify the mind, thus to undertake practice, thus to accord with circumstances, and thus to employ skillful means. This is the Mahayana Dharma of pacifying the mind, free from error and confusion. To pacify the mind in this manner is wall-contemplation. To undertake practice in this manner is the Four Practices. To accord with circumstances in this manner is to guard against mockery and censure. To employ skillful means in this manner is to free them from attachment. This briefly recounts the circumstances of its transmission. |
| 弟子昙琳序 | Preface by the disciple Tanlin |
