寂照不二，真俗圆融
[258] [With] Stillness [And] Illumination Not Two, [The] Absolute [And] Conventional [In] Perfect Harmony
「寂照不二，真俗圆融」之义，下文极为发挥显示，何不体认以求了解乎？今先将此四字之义说明，则自势如破竹，一了俱了矣。
[On the] meanings of ‘[with] stillness [and] illumination not two, [the] absolute [and] conventional [in] perfect harmony’, [that the] below text [has] exceedingly brought out [with] clear expressions, why not personally experience [to] know, in order to understand [them]? Now, first with [the] meanings of these four words [i.e. stillness (寂) and illumination (照), absolute (真) and conventional (俗)] explained, then naturally [with] might like splitting bamboo, [with] one understood, together understood.
上说：「吾心本具之道，与吾心固有之法，原是『寂照不二，真俗圆融。』」
[The] above says, ‘[The] path that my mind originally possesses, with [the] Dharma of my mind inherently existing, originally are “[with] stillness [and] illumination not two, [with the] absolute [and] conventional [in] perfect harmony.”’
何名为「寂」？即吾不生不灭之心体。有生灭便不名寂。
What [is] named as ‘stillness’? [It is] thus my mind’s essence that [is] not arising [and] not ceasing. [If] having arising [and] ceasing, [it is] then not named [as] stillness.
何名为「照」？即吾了了常知之心相。不了了常知，便不名照。
What [is] named as ‘illumination’? [It is] thus my mind’s forms that [are] understood clearly [and] constantly known. [If] not understood clearly [and] constantly known, [it is] then not named [as] illumination.
何名为「真」？即常寂常照之心体，原是真空无相，一法不立。
What [is] named as ‘absolute’? [It is] thus [the] mind’s essence that [is] constantly still [and] constantly illuminating, originally is true emptiness without forms, [with] one dharma not established.
何名为「俗」？俗即假义，谓虽则一法不立，而复万法俱备，万德圆彰。
What [is] named as ‘conventional’? [The] conventional is the same as [the] meaning [of the] false, called although then [with] one dharma not established, yet again [with the] ten thousand dharmas together complete, [and the] ten thousand virtues perfectly manifesting.
（万法、万德即事相也，事故名俗）
([The] ten thousand dharmas [and the] ten thousand virtues are the same as practices’ forms, [with] practices thus named [as the] conventional)
「寂」即是体，「照」即是体之相状与力用耳。此体、相、用三，原是一法。具此三义，故曰「寂照不二」。
‘Stillness’ is the same as [the] essence, [and] ‘illumination’ is the same as forms [and] appearances with powers [and] functions of [the] essence only. These essence, forms [and] functions, [these] three, originally are one dharma. Possessing these three meanings, thus saying, ‘[with] stillness [and] illumination not two.’
「真」即是理性，「俗」即是事修。此理性本具事修之道，此事修方显理性之德（所谓「全性起修，全修在性」也），故曰「真俗圆融」也。
[The] ‘absolute’ is the same as principles’ nature, [and the] ‘conventional’ is the same as practices’ cultivation. This principles’ nature originally possesses [the] path of practices’ cultivation, [and] these practices’ cultivation then manifest [the] virtues of principles’ nature (so-called ‘[with the] entire nature giving rise [to] cultivation, entire cultivation in [the] nature’), thus saying, ‘[the] absolute [and] conventional [in] perfect harmony’.
下去「离念离情，不生不灭」，谓此寂照真俗之体相理事，均皆「离念离情，不生不灭」也。
To continue, ‘[with] departure [from] thoughts [and] departure [from] passions, not arising [and] not ceasing’. This [is] called [the] essence [and] forms, [with] principles [and] practices, of stillness [and] illumination, [with the] absolute [and] conventional, all ‘[with] departure [from] thoughts [and] departure [from] passions, not arising [and] not ceasing.’
详观下喻，并所断之数句，自可了然于心矣。如仍不了，则是宿欠修习。
Detailedly contemplating [these] explanations completely, also [with] that segmenting of [these] several lines, naturally can [there be] understanding clearly in [the] mind. If still not understanding, [this] then is [with the] past lacking practice.
但至诚恳切持佛名号，待业障一消，则明如观火，必有相视而笑之一日也。
However, [with] sincere [and] earnest upholding [of the] Buddha’s name [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], waiting [for] karmic obstacles [to] once [be] eliminated, then [with] clarity like looking at fire, [there] will be [the] one day of looking at one another, then laughing.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（三编）：复叶聘臣书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Third Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Yè Pìnchén;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百五十八则）：八、释普通疑惑：论理事（第七则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (258th Short Section): 8th Chapter: Explanations [On] Common Doubts [And] Confusions: Discussion [On] Principles [And] Practices (7th Short Section)
[Ref: #258 / 8.7]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note by Shen Shi’an
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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