六即佛
南宋‧普潤大師
理即佛：
動靜理全是，行藏事盡非，冥冥隨物去，杳杳不知歸
名字即佛：
方聽無生曲，始聞不死歌，今知當體是，翻恨自蹉跎
觀行即佛：
念念照常理，心心息幻塵，遍觀諸法性，無假亦無真
相似即佛：
四住雖先落，六塵未盡空，眼中猶有翳，空裡見花紅
分證即佛：
豁爾心開悟，湛然一切通，窮源猶未盡，尚見月朦朧
究竟即佛：
從來真是妄，今日妄皆真，但復本時性，更無一法新
The Sixfold Buddhahood
By Master Pu Run, South Song Dynasty
In Principle:
In stillness and in motion, the Great Principle embodies all
Yet in ignorance, all your moves go against It.
Blindly you pursue the worldly things,
Without knowing where you’ll end up.
In Name:
The tune of the unborn, the song of the deathless
Had just been heard.
Seeing the truth in everything as it is,
You cried, “How I had lived my life in vain!”
In Contemplation:
Thought by thought you’re mindful of the ever present Principle
Moment by moment each delusion ceases
Contemplate the entire Dharma realm, you find
The nature of all things is neither real nor unreal.
In Resemblance:
The four abidances are cleared,
Yet the six dusts are not emptied.
The disease is still in your eyes—
Seeing red flowers from emptiness!
In Progressive Realization:
Suddenly your mind is fully awakened;
In all clarity everything is understood.
Haven’t yet reached the ultimate source,
The moon still appears somewhat hazy.
Ultimate Buddhahood:
Before, all that appeared real were illusions
Now, all illusions are part of reality.
Simply return everything to its original nature;
There is nothing new whatsoever.
寒冬風寒意不寒 殿內佛光暖入懷諸位知識，即今起七一事，最後一句又怎麼說法？
抖落千般人不是 放卻萬種世間乖
念念明湛照常理 心心寂然息幻塵
忽得晴空爆碎矣 覷得娘生前面門
莫執莫放莫掛礙 無心無住無形骸起—
Chilly winter, cold winds, but your hearts are notGood cultivators, for this Zen-Seven Initiation, how does the last verse go?
In the Hall the Buddha’s light warms your minds.
Let’s drop the hundred gripes with others
And the thousand misgivings of the world outside.
Thought by thought, with clarity, you’re mindful of the Ever Present;
Moment by moment, in stillness, each delusion ceases.
Suddenly, when the sky is blown away,
You get to see the face before you’re born.
Neither grasp, nor let go, nor worry;Begin—
There is no mind, no abiding, and no body.
Don’t you know that afflictions are wisdom itselfThe nun Benming lived in the 12th century. Not much was known about her, but her poems impressed several important Chan Masters.
But to cling to afflictions is foolishness
You must recognize when afflictions arise and when they cease
Yet the hawk flies through Silla without anyone noticing
--Bhiksuni (Buddhist nun) Benming
不識煩惱是菩提
若隨煩惱是愚癡
起滅之時須要會
鷂過新羅人不知
--本明尼
As a young girl, because of her talents, Zhenru was inducted into the inner palace as an attendant to an imperial concubine. The lady was a Buddhist, and gave permission when Zhenru expressed her desire to become a nun. Her poems are highly regarded by the great master Dahui Zonggao.
I suddenly find myself upside down on level ground
Picking myself up, I find there is nothing to say!
Should someone ask me what this is all about
Smiling, I’d point to the gentle breeze and the bright moon.
--Bhiksuni Zhenru
平地偶然著顛
起來都無可說
若人更問如何
笑指清風明月
--真如尼
A Self-DescriptionBuddhist nun DeYing came from an elite family; she was also a descendant of an eminent scholar that edited the famous Chan genealogy book Jinde Chuan Deng Lu (Transmission of the Lamp). She became a Dharma heir and taught in many monasteries.
I try to characterize myself, but I cannot
I try to make a self-portrait, but failed!
There is such a thing as original face
But how can I show it to anyone!
Alive, lively, unborn
The nostrils still hang over the upper lip.
--Bhiksuni DeYing
自贊
自贊贊不出
自畫畫不成
有箇本來相
如何呈似人
活潑潑 本無生
鼻孔依然搭上唇
--德英
Is she a woman or a man, in reality?
When Guanyin manifests—which is the real person?
Peeling away the skin, down to the bare core prior to any function
I ask you: is this the body of a man or a woman?
--Bhiksuni One-Eyed Vajra
男女何須辨假真
觀音出現果何人
皮囊脫盡渾無用
試問男身是女身
--獨目金鋼
The vast expanse of dust-world is essentially one-suchness
Whether vertical or horizontal, everything bears the seal of Vairochana
Although the entire wave is made of water, wave is not water;
Although all the water may turn into waves, water is not wave.
--Bhiksuni Zhitong
浩浩塵中體一如
縱極交互印毘盧
全波是水波非水 全水是波水自殊
--智通尼
On this frosty day, clouds and mist congeal,
On the mountain moon, the icy chill glows.
At night I receive a letter from my home,
At dawn I move on without anyone knowing.
--Bhiksuni Fahai
霜天雲霧結
山月冷涵輝
夜接故鄉信
曉行人不知
–法海尼
In the shade of two trees and the hanging green of the cliffs
A light from the ancient lamp shutteres the dark barriers
I too now realize that phenomena are like illusions
And happily grow old among the mist, the rivers, and the stones.
--Bhiksuni Miaozhan
雙樹陰陰落翠岩
一燈千古破幽關
也知諸法皆如幻
甘老煙霞水石間
–妙湛
The more than 2.5 billion pigs and cattle excrete more than 80 metric tons (176 billion pounds) of waste nitrogen annually; by comparison, the entire human population produces 30 million tons. (Nitrous oxide has 296 times the effect on global warming than CO2).
The EPA says that the 3 trillion pounds of waste from factory animals is a greater source of pollution our our rivers and lakes than ALL OTHER industrial sources combined.
Animals on factory farms in the U.S. produce 87,000 pounds of waste EVERY SECOND, which 130 times more than the entire population of the United States. This equivalent to about 5 tons of animal waste for each person in the U.S.
A typical pig factory farm generates as much wast as a city of 50,000 people.
Cornell University research has calculated that it takes 13,000 gallons of water to produce a single pound of beef. Other researches found that it takes 2,600 gallons of water to produce a single serving of steak.
Producing 2 pounds of animal protein requires about ten times more water than producing 2 pounds of grain protein.
EPA: chemical and animal waste runoff from factory farms is responsible for 173,000 miles of polluted rivers and streams.
Our water sources are also disappearing fast. 17 trillion gallons of water were used for irrigation annually to produce feed for U.S. livestock.
New York Times: "As the world's appetite for meat increases, countries across the globe are bulldozing huge swaths of land to make more room for animals and the crops to feed them. From tropical rain forests in Brazil to ancient pine forests in China, entire ecosystems are being destroyed to fuel our addiction to meat."
they found those who received the mindfulness training "had significantly less daily hassles, psychological distress and significantly fewer medical symptoms" -- like lower blood pressure and fewer aches and pains -- than those who were handed a pamphlet.
Waugh says she was thrilled to find that after practicing mindfulness techniques, the back pain that had plagued her for almost a decade went away. She also said she "communicated better with fellow employees and actually had a better attitude towards my job." ...
Mindfulness is not new. It goes back to the time of Buddha, who believed that the mind should always be fully in the present -- not looking back at the past or anticipating the future. Being mindful of the here-and-now, Buddha said, reduces stress and brings inner peace ...
According to the study, even 10 minutes of meditation can help. "[Meditation] can take the anxiety out of a stressful workday," said Williams.
West Virginia University is not the first -- or only -- institution in the country that has tested the effects of mindfulness techniques on stress. UCLA completed a study a few years ago that found the same thing the WVU study found: Mindfulness exercises are excellent stress-busters ... Yale University is recruiting patients for a smoking cessation study that includes a mindfulness training component.
見月律師
慧雲律師之後由寂光三昧律師繼承衣缽，而寂光是見月律師之師。寂光、見月二位開創了寶華山的律宗祖庭，延續數百年一直到今日。見月律師天縱英才，但一生坎坷，在他自述的「一夢漫言」可見到一代祖師求法、弘法、護法的艱辛歷程。
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-BJ012/bj104419.htm
見月是繼明末三昧律師之後，住持寶華山，大弘千華律的一代宗匠，
讀體字見月，姓許氏，雲南楚雄（縣）人。舊籍江南句容（
由於父母早逝，伯父又無子，很欣賞見月之聰慧秀朗，
出家後的見月，頗受亮如法師倚重。然見月為求受大戒，
從三昧律師受戒後，見月鑑於天下戒法淪喪，綱紀蕩然，
距金陵七十里外的寶華山隆昌寺，為梁朝寶誌和尚的道場，
弘光元年（1645），三昧和尚自知時至，傳衣缽給見月，
像寶華山這種以弘戒為主的律宗叢林，在〈十約〉
比起稍早的古心律祖和三昧律師，見月所處的時代更是混亂。
然而，禍不單行，不久便有人密告於清軍統帥巴大將軍，
在清初惡劣的環境中，見月更表現出修道人的節操，
慈善行為本來就是佛教的基本德目之一，面對當時的人間苦難，
比起古心和三昧，見月在律學上造詣，更為博大精深，
見月之著述，計有十六種：《毗尼止持會集》十六卷、《
在見月多年的精心整頓之下，
順治10年（1653）8月上旬，
經過兩次般舟苦行，寺眾對於見月難行難忍之能耐，
昔年律學久荒涼，波旬蕩檢稱法王。賴吾祖父整巨綱，金錫再振聲琅琅。
南山日月輝大唐，群生苦海獲浮囊。 泰山頹後痛滄桑，木叉搖搖孰主張？
吾師乘願振影堂，鐵鑄頭顱石作腸。千拗不折此脊樑，精金萬煉成金剛。
千華大席踞繩床，講磨五部澄冰霜。毗尼精持汰嘝糠，羯磨久廢重舉揚。
聲流薄海偏梯航，北動幽都南越裳。 繭足萬里趨門牆，磨濯身心稟戒香。
鎚金琢玉罏塎強，烹龍束象建高幢。屏除魔外勢攙搶，毒辣門風比桂薑。
年登六十面雖蒼，般舟苦行骨昂藏。佛法江河瀾正狂，得師砥柱正中央。
層樓複閣繞壇場，煌煌堂構響隆昌。 海涵地負冠遐荒，雞足鵝頭萬載光。
願師壽量同古皇，永為法海作堤防。
康熙17年（1678）除夕，見月微恙。康熙18年（1679）
慧雲如馨律師
律宗自宋元照律師以降，數代後又沒落，乃至明朝以幾乎不傳。後得文殊菩薩感應，一切律法印現於心，中國律宗始得延續不絕。自慧雲律師之後，連續數代高僧輩出，在這朝政混亂、社會不安的時代，艱辛的再建律宗大法幢。
http://www.hkbuddhist.org/magazine/508/508_09.html
今日所有漢僧傳戒道場，祖堂中都要供奉「慧雲馨公律師」的牌位，
通過對三藏的探究，古祖深感要振興佛教，必須從律學入手，「
萬曆十二年（1584），古祖回到南京住古林庵。其時，庵「
萬曆四十一年（1613），皇帝頒詔，
不久，古祖奉旨還山，回到南京古林寺。乃以皇帝所賜法衣，
元照律師-簡介
律宗自南山道宣律師大興律學，之後遭到唐武宗毀佛的大肆破壞，到了北宋時已是不復往昔。元照律師在宋朝振興律宗，讓學佛再度重視戒律，並注釋南山三大部。
元照律師，字湛然，俗姓唐，浙江餘杭人，
元照律師-詳細介紹
元豐八年（一○八五年）十二月，高麗僧統義天（？∼一一○一年）
其後，元照鑒於當時禪僧輕視戒律和念佛，乃於紹聖三年（一○
紹聖五年（一○九八年）二月，元照於明州（今浙江寧波）開元寺，
元照的思想，主張戒律和淨土並重。他常對門徒說︰「生弘律範，
元照力說比丘受持淨戒的必要。他說︰「出家之人，若禪若教，
元照以二種教觀，判別釋迦一代佛教，
元照又唱律、禪、教三學一源之說。他說︰「律，佛所制也﹔教，
元照倡導律、淨二學相結合，並著書、造像、講學、傳戒，
律宗傳至宋代，以南山道宣一系為盛。但南山律宗祖承，
元照的著述，在律學方面有解釋南山三大部的「
元照的及門弟子見於史傳的有用欽、戒度、行詵、慧亨、道言、
用欽，從元照學律，並專修淨業。著有「白蓮記」四卷釋元照「
戒度，號拙庵，居四明龍山。學「四分律」，晚年專修淨業，撰「
行詵、慧亨、道言、宗利、思敏也都修習念佛法門。
智交的事跡不祥。他的門下出惟一，惟一門下出法政，
南山道宣律師
http://www.lingguangsi.com/show.aspx?id=1748&cid=14
“外博九流，內精三學，戒香芬潔，定水澄漪，存護法城，
農歷十月初三日恭逢唐代終南山道宣律師紀念日。道宣律師精研《
生平
道宣是中國佛教律宗三派之一南山宗的創立者。
道宣律師(596—667)，俗姓錢，字法遍。浙江吳興縣人（
自武德七年(624)長住終南山，與孫思邈結林下之交。
大師的著作涵蓋有：贊、集、觀、儀、傳、錄、疏、鈔八大類。
即：《住法圖贊》等二部贊﹔《廣弘明集》等三種集﹔《淨心誡觀》
《感通傳》、《續高僧傳》等三部傳﹔《大唐內典錄》、《
道宣律師隱居於終南山仿掌谷，精研諸律，著有《
中國律學大師資料 -- 僧佑、道宣、元照、慧雲馨、見月
僧佑律師
http://www.fjzd.org/news/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1733
僧佑（445-518），俗姓俞，祖籍彭城下邳（江蘇徐州邳縣）
十四歲時，父母悄悄為他籌辦婚事，他得知後，為避婚事，
１、弘揚律學，傳授戒法。師晚年自述謂：「少受律學，刻意毘尼，
２、勤奮著述，編撰《法集》。師在弘揚律學、傳授戒法之餘，
３、監造佛像，莊嚴精美。在《法苑集》一書中，
由於師戒德莊嚴，博學多才，在齊梁兩代，備受朝野崇敬，
1、「名錄」部份對漢至梁譯撰的一切經論（由於當時南北阻隔，
2、「經序」部份是了解漢至梁時代經論譯傳的背景、經過、時間、
3、「列傳」部份是現存最早的僧傳，它繼承中國史書「列傳」
萬物靜觀皆自得，大塊假我以文章
Calmly observe
And the myriad phenomena become self-evident.
Nature narrates itself
Perfectly.
山中無甲子，人間幾千年
Living in the mountains
there is no sense of time
meanwhile, in the mundane world
a thousand years have passed.
Forgetting both the mind and phenomena, still veiled in delusion;
Realizing the non-duality of form and emptiness, the dust remains.
The birds do not visit, spring has gone again,
Who is the person abiding in this hut?
-- Zen Master Xing Kung
Straw sandals treading cloud covered peaks終日尋春不見春 芒鞋踏破隴頭雲
I sought spring everywhere.
Returning in vain, I stopped
To smell the plum blossom
On the treetops is spring in full glory.
--An enlightenment poem by a bhiksuni
Behold the flower amid the leaves君看葉裡花 能得幾時好
How long can her glory last?
Fearing to be picked today,
Who’ll sweep her away tomorrow?
Pity, loveliness so fragile,
Aging quickly with time.
This life is like the flower’s
Can beauty long endure?
--by Cold Mountain
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| ■ An old church with a troubled past is now Buddha Jewel Monastery, a Zen Buddhist religious community that is reaching out to the community. photo courtesy of Buddha Jewel Monastery |
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