求法   林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體

強盜問商旅
要錢要命
  提醒本末之輕重
  以便刼財而不需害命

密勒以身語意三業供師
  表示唯命是從的依止
而求師供衣食並及傳法
麻巴上師卻說
得衣食或得傳授
任擇其一而不可兼得也
  隱喻若非重法重於衣食
    則不能得法矣

佛法的鵠的在於
證入法身的整體
求法者若存念於法界之任一點
即無以證入整體矣
故此 欲成證德
必以法為先為重
  而不顧其餘

年十一月二十日
養和齋     於加州


 


Seeking Dharma

Yutang Lin

Robber asks traveling merchants
Want money or want life
Reminding them the weights of root versus branches
        So that they can rob goods without harming lives

Milarepa offered his body, speech and mind to Guru
        Meaning to take refuge with absolute obedience
And then asked for help in sustenance and Dharma teachings
Yet Guru Marpa replied
Either sustenance or teachings will be provided
You may choose one but cannot get both
        Suggesting that unless one puts Dharma above food and clothing
        Then one cannot receive the real teachings

The goal of Dharma is at
Attaining the totality of Dharmakaya
A Dharma seeker who sets mind at any one point of the Dharmadhatu
Will not be able to merge into the whole totality
Therefore, to accomplish full enlightenment
One must put Dharma as foremost priority
        And disregard all the rest

 

Written in Chinese and translated on November 20, 2010
El Cerrito, California


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