無常根本 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體
無常根本在去執，造作全失本自如；
瞻前顧後皆心病，隨緣應對體圓融！
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一弟子申問：「無常根本何在？不易掌握」。
體會無常真切，即無事矣。欲修無常，根本在於去執。思前慮後，多此一舉，自擾不已。行者隨緣無心，率性應對，庶幾漸能體會其中之本自圓融。學佛當知，本無得失。存心求取，早落纏縳。何況計較，何得何失。非思量處，自然契合。體會真切，眾生平平。
二○○六年三月六日
養和齋 於加州
Root of Realizing Impermanence@Yutang Lin
Root of realizing impermanence is renunciation of grasping.
In the absence of artificial maneuvers it is originally at ease.
Looking ahead and reflecting back are both mental diseases.
Responding spontaneously one realizes harmony in oneness.
Comment:
A disciple asked, "Wherein lies the root of impermanence? It is not easy to grasp it."
When impermanence is keenly and genuinely realized there is no longer anything that matters. To practice on impermanence so as to gain realization of impermanence, the root lies in renunciation of one's grasping at all levels. Recollecting the past or worrying ahead is an extra activity that brings on incessant self-disturbances. A practitioner flows through situations without intentions and responds spontaneously; thus, realization of the original harmony of all phenomena might gradually be attained.
Written in Chinese and translated on March 6, 2006
El Cerrito, California