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Parinirvana SutraYou should know that all phenomena in the world are impermanent; coming together inevitably means parting. Do not be sad, for this is the nature of life. Diligently practicing Right effort, you must seek liberation immediately. Within the light of wisdom, destroy the darkness of ignorance. Nothing is secure. Everything in this life is precarious. Always wholeheartedly seek the way of liberation. All things in the world, whether moving or non-moving, are characterised by disappearance and instability. Stop now! Do not speak! Time is passing. I am about to cross over. This is my final teaching. |
Naøy caùc Tyû-kheo, ñöøng ñau loøng quaù möùc. Cho duø ta soáng muoân tuoåi thì cuõng coù ngaøy phaûi chia tay nhau maø thoâi. Caùc ngöôi phaûi nhôù vaïn phaùp voán voâ thöôøng, coù hôïp thì coù tan. Baûn chaát cuûa ñôøi soáng laø vaäy neân ñöøng saàu ñau maø haõy tinh taán caàu giaûi thoaùt. AÙnh saùng trí hueä vaø thöïc haønh haïnh Baùt chaùnh ñaïo seõ phaù tan u minh phieàn naõo. Caùc ngöôi haõy tinh taán caàu giaûi thoaùt. Bôûi khoâng coù gì toàn taïi daøi laâu ôû theá giôùi ta-ba naøy. Ñöøng khoùc nöõa. Cuõng ñöøng noùi moät lôøi naøo. Thôøi ñaõ ñeán. Ta saép qua bôø beân kia. Ñaây laø baøi thuyeát phaùp cuoái cuøng cuûa ta. |
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This is the barrier of C'han. If you pass through it you will see Joshu. Then you can work hand in hand with the whole line of patriachs. If you want to pass this gate, you must work through every flesh and bone in your body, through ever pore in your skin, filled with this question: Mu? and carry it day and night. Do not believe it is the common negative symbol meaning nothing. It is not nothingness, the opposite of existence. If you really want to pass this gate, you should feel like drinking a hot iron ball that you can neither swallor nor spit out. Then your previous lesser knowledge fades. As a fruit ripening in season, your subjectivity and objectivity naturally become one. It is like a dumb man who has had a dream. He knows about it but cannot tell it. When he enters this condition his ego-shell is crushed and he can shake the heaven and move the earth. He is like a great warrior with a sharp sword. If he see a Buddha, he will cut him down; if a patriach offers him any obstacle, he will kill him; and he will be free in this way of birth and death. He has to go his own way. He can enter any world as if it were his own. Read this koan: Concentrate your whole energy into this Mu, allow any discontinuation. When you enter this Mu and there is no discontinuation, your attainment will be as a candle burning and illuminating the whole universe. |
Voâ Moân cuõng laø teân thieàn cuûa Hueä Khai, sinh naêm 1183 ñôøi Toáng. Hueä Khai ñöôïc thaày mình laø Nguyeät Laâm cho tham coâng aùn chöõ Voâ. Saùu naêm vaãn khoâng thoâng. Moät tröa, nghe tieáng troáng ngoï, söïc ngoä. Möøng qua Voâ Moân chaïy tìm Nguyeät Laâm. Hoûi: "Chaïy ñi ñaâu nhö ma ñuoåi?" roài quaùt moät tieáng. Voâ Moân cuõng quaùt moät tieáng. Thaày troø cuøng ñoïc keä: Voâ Moân Quan do Voâ Moân soaïn naêm 1229, taäp hoïp 48 coâng aùn thieàn. Tröôùc Voâ Moân Quan 100 naêm, coù boä saùch lôùn laø Bích Nham Luïc do Vieân Ngoä, doøng Laâm Teá soaïn. Nay trong Thieàn tòch, ai cuõng bieát hai boä Voâ Moân Quan vaø Bích Nham Luïc. Voâ Moân Quan
ñaõ ñöôïc dòch ra nhieàu
tieáng. Keû sô hoïc naøy ñoái
chieáu baûn tieáng Haùn vaø tieáng
Vieät ñeå dòch moät vaøi chuyeän
ra Anh vaø Vieäty. Vaên ngaén, coát hieåu
yù khoâng duïng ngöõ. Cuoái truyeän,
goùp chuùt lôøi bình sô kieán
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(TT): Hoûi choù coù Phaät tính khoâng laø chaáp vaøo lôøi Phaät "chuùng sinh bình ñaúng". Hoûi theá ñaõ maëc nhieân ñònh nghóa Phaät tính laø gì roài. Ñaõ phaân bieät Phaät tính vaø choù laø ñi vaøo nhò nguyeân. Choù khoâng ngoaøi Phaät tính, Phaät tính khoâng ngoaøi choù. Khoâng coù choù cuõng khoâng coù Phaät tính.
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