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English version: Only knowing to commit heavy obstacles to Bodhi (enlightenment). Not seeing the secret teachings opened by Tathagata (Buddha). Two Bhikkhus (monks) committed the offenses of lust and killing. Polli (a name, Buddha's disciple) uses the faint light of a firefly to increase the bonds of sin. Vimalakirti (a lay Bodhisattva) instantly removes doubts, like the scorching sun melts frost and snow. The inconceivable power of liberation, its wondrous function is as limitless as the sands of the Ganges. Even the four kinds of offerings (clothing, food, bedding, and medicine) are not refused with hardship, and even spending ten thousand taels of gold can dissolve sins. Crushing bones and pulverizing the body is not enough to repay the Buddha's grace, one sentence understood clearly surpasses hundreds of billions of kalpas of practice. The Dharma is the king among all dharmas, the highest and most victorious. Tathagatas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges jointly attest to it. I now unlock this wish-fulfilling jewel (metaphor for the Dharma), those who believe and accept it will all be in accord. Clearly seeing that there is nothing at all, neither person nor Buddha. The great thousand worlds are like bubbles in the ocean, all sages and worthies are like a flash of lightning. Even if an iron wheel were spinning on top of one's head, Firm and bright samadhi and wisdom will never be lost. The sun can be cold, the moon can be hot, Demons cannot destroy the true Dharma. An elephant driving a chariot advances magnificently, but who has seen a mantis able to stop a wheel? An elephant does not travel on a rabbit's path, great enlightenment is not bound by small details. Do not use narrow views to slander the vast sky, if you do not understand, I will now reveal it to you. Song of Enlightenment by Yongjia (End) Biography of Master Wuxiang Written by Yang Yi, Hanlin Academician, Chao San Da Fu, Acting Left Si Jian, Zhi Zhi Gao, Co-editor of National History, Judge of History and Museum Affairs, Pillar of the Nation, Founding Marquis of Nanyang County, with an estate of one thousand one hundred households, bestowed with a purple-gold fish bag. Zen Master Xuanjue of Yongjia in Wenzhou was a native of Yongjia, with the surname Dai. He left home at a young age, extensively studied the Tripitaka, and was proficient in the tenets of the Tiantai school. He observed the perfect and subtle Dharma gate, and in the four dignities of walking, standing, sitting, and lying, he often silently engaged in Chan contemplation. Later, encouraged by Zen Master Lang of Zuoqi, he went to Caoqi (the Sixth Patriarch Huineng's monastery) with Zen Master Ce of Dongyang. Upon arriving, he carried his staff and water bottle and circled the Sixth Patriarch three times. The Sixth Patriarch said, 'A Shramana (monk) should possess three thousand dignities and eighty thousand fine practices. Where does the great virtue come from, giving rise to such great arrogance?' The Zen Master said, 'The matter of birth and death is great, and impermanence is swift.' The Sixth Patriarch said, 'How do you embody no-birth and realize that there is no swiftness?' The Zen Master said, 'To embody is no-birth, to realize is that there is no swiftness.' The Sixth Patriarch said, 'So it is, so it is.' At that time, the assembly was astonished. The Zen Master then fully manifested his dignity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 参礼。须臾告辞。祖曰。返太速乎。师曰。本自非动岂有速耶。祖曰。谁知非动。曰仁者自生分别。祖曰。汝甚得无生之意。曰无生岂有意耶。祖曰。无意谁当分别。曰分别亦非意。祖叹曰。善哉善哉。少留一宿。时谓一宿觉矣。策公乃留师。翌日下山回温江。学者辐凑。号真觉大师。着禅宗悟修圆旨。自浅之深。庆州刺史魏静。缉而成十篇。目为永嘉集。及证道歌一首。并盛行于世云尔。 { "translations": [ "现代汉语译本：\n\n他行礼告退，片刻后便要告辞。六祖慧能（指六祖惠能大师）说：‘返回得太快了吗？’\n\n永嘉玄觉（指永嘉玄觉禅师）回答说：‘本来就没有动，哪里会有快慢呢？’\n\n六祖说：‘谁知道没有动呢？’\n\n永嘉玄觉说：‘是仁者您自己产生了分别。’\n\n六祖说：‘你很懂得无生的道理。’\n\n永嘉玄觉说：‘无生哪里会有道理呢？’\n\n六祖说：‘没有道理，谁来分别呢？’\n\n永嘉玄觉说：‘分别也不是道理。’\n\n六祖赞叹说：‘好啊，好啊！’于是挽留他住了一夜，当时人们称他为‘一宿觉’。\n\n策公于是挽留了永嘉玄觉。第二天，永嘉玄觉下山返回温江，学者们像车轮辐条一样聚集而来，称他为真觉大师。他著有《禅宗悟修圆旨》，从浅入深。庆州刺史魏静将他的著作编辑成十篇，命名为《永嘉集》，以及《证道歌》一首，都盛行于世。", "English_translations": [ "English version:\n\nHe paid his respects and took his leave, and after a short while, he bid farewell. The Sixth Patriarch (referring to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng) said, 'Are you returning too quickly?'", "Yongjia Xuanjue (referring to Zen Master Yongjia Xuanjue) replied, 'Originally there is no movement, so how can there be fast or slow?'", "The Sixth Patriarch said, 'Who knows there is no movement?'", "Yongjia Xuanjue said, 'It is you, the benevolent one, who creates distinctions yourself.'", "The Sixth Patriarch said, 'You deeply understand the meaning of non-birth (Wusheng).' ", "Yongjia Xuanjue said, 'How can non-birth have meaning?'", "The Sixth Patriarch said, 'If there is no meaning, who will make distinctions?'", "Yongjia Xuanjue said, 'Distinction is also not meaning.'", "The Sixth Patriarch exclaimed in admiration, 'Excellent, excellent!' Thereupon, he kept him for one night, and at that time people called him 'The Awakened One Overnight'.", "Master Ce then retained Yongjia Xuanjue. The next day, Yongjia Xuanjue descended the mountain and returned to Wenjiang, and scholars gathered like spokes around a wheel, calling him Great Master Zhenjue. He wrote 'The Perfect Meaning of Enlightenment and Cultivation in the Zen School', progressing from the shallow to the deep. Wei Jing, the Prefect of Qingzhou, compiled his writings into ten chapters, naming it 'The Yongjia Collection', as well as the 'Song of Enlightenment', both of which became widely popular in the world." ] } --------------------------------------------------------------------------------