Master Yuanyin | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation
| 佛法有无量法门，指导行人背尘合觉，明心见性，然后由悟起修，打扫积习，了脱生死，成就菩提。心中心密法是20世纪20年代崛起的无相密乘。 | The Buddhadharma contains immeasurable dharma gates, guiding practitioners to turn away from defilements and unite with awakening, realize the mind and see their true nature, then begin cultivation on the basis of awakening, clear away accumulated habitual tendencies, transcend birth and death, and accomplish bodhi. The Heart-of-Heart Esoteric Dharma is a formless esoteric vehicle that emerged in the 1920s. |
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| 初由大愚阿阇黎传世，世人尊称为初祖，再传至王骧陆上师，三传至元音老人（李钟鼎居士），世人尊称为二祖和三祖。此法仪轨简单，修法方便，以三密相应法使根尘脱落，进入无相、无住、无念的自性三昧境界，是无相密乘中别开生面的上乘修法。 | It was first transmitted to the world by Acharya Dayu, whom people honor as the First Patriarch; it was then transmitted to Master Wang Xianglu, and in the third transmission to Master Yuanyin (the lay practitioner Li Zhongding), who are honored as the Second and Third Patriarchs. Its ritual is simple and its practice convenient. Through the method of bringing the three mysteries into correspondence, the sense faculties and their objects fall away, and one enters the samādhi of self-nature, without form, abiding, or thought. It is an exceptionally distinctive and supreme practice within the formless esoteric vehicle. |
| 元音老人由禅而密，大悲心切，广利群生，依据大藏经秘密仪轨《佛心经品亦通大随求陀罗尼》（二卷，唐菩提流志译）灌顶传法，学人遍于大陆、港台地区以及美国、日本和新加坡等国家。 | Master Yuanyin entered Esoteric Buddhism by way of Chan. Deeply moved by great compassion, he extensively benefited living beings, bestowing empowerment and transmitting this Dharma on the basis of the secret ritual text in the Buddhist canon, The Buddha-Heart Sūtra, Also Corresponding to the Great Wish-Fulfilling Dhāraṇī (two fascicles, translated in the Tang dynasty by Bodhiruci). His students are found throughout mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as in the United States, Japan, Singapore, and other countries. |
| 现在，老人虽于96岁时坐脱立亡，安详圆寂，学人为了重温遗教，纪念大德，乃拟将收集的已经编纂成册的各地函札谈话，并经过老人亲笔修正勘定的《问答集》付梓出版。 | Now, although the Elder peacefully passed away at the age of ninety-six, his students, wishing to revisit his teachings and commemorate this great virtuous teacher, propose to publish the collected correspondence and talks from various places that have already been compiled into volumes, together with the Questions and Answers Collection personally corrected and finalized by the Elder. |
| 集中对修证方法，悟心要领，特别对悟后用功，保任、除习，都有详尽开示，体现了老人慈悲恳切的作风与广利有情的悲愿。此书的出版，可称为《佛法修证心要》的姊妹篇。 | The collection offers detailed instruction on methods of cultivation and realization, the essential points for awakening to the mind, and especially the work to be undertaken after awakening—safeguarding realization and eliminating habitual tendencies. It embodies the Elder’s compassionate and earnest manner and his compassionate vow to benefit sentient beings widely. The publication of this book may be regarded as a companion volume to Essentials of Buddhist Practice and Realization. |
| 老人所说，都是对机施教，应病与药，善巧方便，指示学人。希望读此书的人勿执文字，勿落言诠，举一反三解粘去缚，直趋菩提。谨略序缘起，愿与天下学人共勉之。 | Everything the Elder taught was adapted to the capacities of his listeners, prescribing medicine according to the illness, and skillfully guiding students. May those who read this book not cling to words or fall into verbal interpretations, but infer the three from the one, release attachment and cast off bondage, and proceed directly toward bodhi. I respectfully offer these brief introductory remarks, wishing to encourage practitioners throughout the world together. |
| 徐恒志 | Xu Hengzhi |
| 2000年3月25日 | March 25, 2000 |
