丙七、尊重己灵
C7: Respect [Of] One’s Spiritual-[Nature]
尊重己灵
[7] Respect [Of] One’s Spiritual-[Nature]
云何尊重己灵？谓我现前一心，直下与释迦如来，无二无别。
Why [have] respect [of] one’s spiritual-[nature]? Speaking of my presently manifested one mind, directly down, together with Śākya[muni] Thus Come [One’s mind, they are] not two, without difference.
云何世尊无量劫来，早成正觉，而我等昏迷颠倒，尚做凡夫？
Why [are] World-Honoured [Ones, from] immeasurable kalpas since, [already] early accomplished [with] Right Awakening, yet me [and] others [are] confused [and] inverted, still being ordinary beings?
又，佛世尊则具有无量神通智慧、功德庄严，而我等则但有无量业系烦恼、生死缠缚。
Moreover, [the] Buddha World-Honoured [Ones], then possess immeasurable supernormal [powers and] wisdom, [with] meritorious virtues’ adornments, yet me [and] others, then only have immeasurable karmic ties [and] afflictions, [and are to the cycle of] birth [and] death bound.
心性是一，迷悟天渊，静言思之，岂不可耻？
[Our] mind-natures are one, [but our] confusions [and] realisations [are like the] sky [and a deep] abyss, [far apart. With] silencing [of] words contemplating this, how can [we] not [be] ashamed?
譬如无价宝珠，没在淤泥，视同瓦砾，不加爱重，是故宜应以无量善法对治烦恼。
For example, like [a] priceless treasure gem, sunken in mud, [it is] regarded as the same as [a broken] tile [and] gravel, not further loved [and] respected, therefore, [we] should [be] with immeasurable good dharmas [to] remedy [our] afflictions.
修德有功，则性德方显，如珠被濯，悬在高幢，洞达光明，映蔽一切，可谓不孤佛化，不负己灵。
[By] cultivating virtues having merits, then [can our] nature’s virtues, then [be] revealed, like [the] gem after washing, hanging [on a] high pillar, unimpeded [with] bright light, shining [and] covering all, [this] can [be] said [to be] not abandoning [the] Buddha’s [teachings for] transformation, not betraying one’s spiritual-[nature].
是为发菩提心第七因缘也。
[This] is for giving rise [to the] Bodhi Mind, [the] seventh cause [and] condition.
净土宗十一祖省庵大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 11th Patriarch Great Master Xǐng’ān
《劝发菩提心文》
Essay [On] Exhortation [To] Give Rise [To The] Bodhi Mind
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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