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悟道偈

Wu Dao Shi

Zen Epiphany Poems

 

 

悟道偈一

 

身是菩提樹
心如明鏡臺
時時勤拂拭
莫使染塵埃

 

神秀

 

 

 

悟道偈二

 

菩提本無樹
明鏡亦非臺
本來無一物
何處惹塵埃

 

六祖慧能

 

 

 

Epiphany Poem 1

 

The body is a Bodhi tree‭ ‬
The mind‭, ‬a bright mirror on a stand‭ ‬
Diligently brush it often‭ ‬
Dont allow dust to taint it

 

Monk Shen-xiou

 

 

 

Epiphany Poem 2

 

Bodhi was originally without a tree‭ ‬
No bright mirror and no stand
The origin is without one thing
Where can dust taint‭?‬

 

Sixth Chan Patriarch Hueneng‭ ‬

 

 

 

(一)  
(‬wu4dao4‭)ji4
Epiphanypoem1
< >
shen1shi4‭(‬pu2ti2‭)shu4
bodyis‭Bodhitree
The body is a Bodhi tree
 
心‭明‭鏡‭
xing1‭ru2‭ming2jing4tai2
mind‭likebrightmirrorstand
The mind‭, ‬a bright mirror on a stand
 
(‬shi2shi2‭)chin2‭(‬fu2‭shi4‭)
oftendiligentlybrush
Diligently brush it often
 
使塵‭
muo4shi3‭ran3‭‭(‬chen2‭ai1‭)‬
don't‭maketaintdust
Don’t allow dust to taint it
 
shen2‭xiou4

 

 

(二) 
(‬wu4‭dao4‭)ji4
Epiphanypoem2
 
本‭無‭
(‬pu2‭ti2‭)ben3‭wu2shu4
Bodhioriginallywithouttree
Bodhi was originally without a tree
 
非‭
ming2jing4yi4fei1tai2
brightmirrortoonotstand‭
No bright‭ ‬mirror and no stand
 
(‬ben3lai2‭)wu2yi2‭wu4
originwithoutonething
The origin is without one thing
 
‭(‬he2chu4‭)re3‭(‬chen2‭ai1‭)
wheretaintdust
Where can dust taint‭?
 
liou4zu3‭Hue4‭neng2
(‬The Sixth Chan Patriarch‭: ‬Hueneng‭)
 
《譚經》
chu1‭zi4‭tan2jing1
Excerptedfrom the‭"‬Tan-jing‭"(‬a classic book of Chan‭)

 

 

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Translated, edited, annotated and designed by A. Cheng and A. Owen

2003, Taipei, Taiwan
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