昔白居易，问鸟窠禅师：「如何是佛法的大意？」
In the past, Bái Jūyì asked Chán Master Niǎokē, ‘What is [the] Buddha’s teachings’ main idea [or essence]?’
窠曰：「诸恶莫作，众善奉行」，[自净其意，是诸佛教] 。[注：此是佛陀所说的《法句经》偈。]
Niǎokē said, ‘[Of] all evils not do [them, of] all good accordingly practise [them’, (to) self-purify your mind, these are all Buddhas’ teachings]. [Note: This is a verse from the Dharmapada spoken by the Buddha.]
白曰：「这两句话，三岁孩童也会恁(nèn)么道。」
Bái said, ‘[Of] these two lines’ words, [a] three year-old child also knows such, [as] said.’
窠曰：「三岁孩童虽道得，八十翁翁行不得。」
Kē said, ‘[A] three year-old child, although [is] able [to] say [this, even an] eighty [year-old] grandfather [might] not [be] able [to] practise [this].’
须知此语，乃一切学佛法人之总关切要语。
[It] must [be] known [that] these words, [are] indeed, [of] all people [who] learn [the] Buddha’s teachings, [their] chief concerns’ essential words.
诸恶众善，皆须在心地上论 ，不专指行之于事而已。
[Of not doing of] all evils [and of doing of] all good, all must [be] at [the] mind ground above [be] regarded, not focusing [on] referring to matters of practice [in word and deed] only.
心地上了不起恶，全体是善。
[With the] mind ground above not giving rise [to] evil, [and with its] entire essence being good.
其念佛也，功德胜于常人百千万倍矣。
[Of] those mindful [of] Buddha, [the] meritorious virtues surpass [that] of ordinary persons [by] hundreds [of] thousands [of] ten thousand times.
欲得心地唯善无恶，当于一切时处，主敬存诚，如面佛天，方可希企。
Desiring [to] attain [the] mind ground [to] only [have] good without evil, [there] should [be], at all times [and] places, managing [with] reverence [and] maintaining sincerity. Like facing [the] Buddhas [and] heavenly [beings], then can [there be] hope to reach [this purification of the mind].
心一放纵，诸不如法之念头，随之而起矣。
[With the] mind once unrestrained, all thoughts not according [to the] Dharma, accordingly then [will habitually] arise.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
(复马契西居士书一)
(First Reply Letter To Layperson Mǎ Qìxī)
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note by Shen Shi’an
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