丙三、念师长恩
C3: Mindfulness [Of Our] Teachers’ [And] Seniors’ Kindness
念师长恩
[3] Mindfulness [Of Our] Teachers’ [And] Seniors’ Kindness
云何念师长恩？父母虽能生育我身，若无世间师长，则不知礼义；若无出世师长，则不解佛法。
Why [be] mindful [of our] teachers’ [and] seniors’ kindness? [My] father [and] mother, although able [to] give birth to [and] nurture my body, if without worldly [i.e. secular] teachers [and] seniors, then not knowing propriety [and] righteousness. If without world-transcending [i.e. spiritual] teachers [and] seniors, then not understanding [the] Buddha’s Dharma.
不知礼义，则同于异类；不解佛法，则何异俗人？
Not knowing propriety [and] righteousness, then [the] same as [a] different species [of beings]. Not understanding [the] Buddha’s Dharma, then how [am I] different [from a] common person?
今我等粗知礼义，略解佛法，袈裟被体，戒品沾身，此之重恩，从师长得。
Now [that] myself [and] others roughly know propriety [and] righteousness, [and] briefly understand [the] Buddha’s Dharma, [with] kāṣāya [robes] covering [our] bodies, [with the various] kinds [of] precepts benefitting ourselves, of this heavy kindness, [it is] from teachers [and] seniors attained.
若求小果，仅能自利。
If seeking [the] small fruit [of attainment, we are] only able [to have] self-benefits.
今为大乘，普愿利人，则世出世间二种师长俱蒙利益。
Now, as [those of the] Great Vehicle, [we should] universally vow [to] benefit people, then [with the] two kinds [of] worldly [and] world-transcending teachers [and] seniors together receiving benefits.
是为发菩提心第三因缘也。
[This] is for giving rise [to the] Bodhi Mind, [the] third 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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