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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 ‬

 

 

 

悟	道	偈	(一)
(‬wu4	dao4‭)	ji4
Epiphany		poem	1
< >
身	是	菩	提	樹
shen1	shi4‭	(‬pu2	ti2‭)	shu4
body	is‭	Bodhi		tree
The body is a Bodhi tree
心‭	如	明‭	鏡‭	臺
xing1‭	ru2‭	ming2	jing4	tai2
mind‭	like	bright	mirror	stand
The mind‭, ‬a bright mirror on a stand
時	時	勤	拂	拭
(‬shi2	shi2‭)	chin2	‭(‬fu2‭	shi4‭)
often		diligently	brush
Diligently brush it often
莫	使	染	塵‭	埃
muo4	shi3‭	ran3‭	‭(‬chen2‭	ai1‭)‬
don't‭	make	taint	dust
Don’t allow dust to taint it
神	秀
shen2‭	xiou4

 

 

悟	道	偈	(二)
(‬wu4‭	dao4‭)	ji4
Epiphany		poem	2
菩	提	本‭	無‭	樹
(‬pu2‭	ti2‭)	ben3‭	wu2	shu4
Bodhi		originally	without	tree
Bodhi was originally without a tree
明	鏡	亦	非‭	臺
ming2	jing4	yi4	fei1	tai2
bright	mirror	too	not	stand‭
No bright‭ ‬mirror and no stand
本	來	無	一	物
(‬ben3	lai2‭)	wu2	yi2‭	wu4
origin		without	one	thing
The origin is without one thing
何	處	惹	塵	埃
‭(‬he2	chu4‭)	re3‭	(‬chen2‭	ai1‭)
where		taint	dust
Where can dust taint‭?
六	祖	慧	能
liou4	zu3‭	Hue4‭	neng2
(‬The Sixth Chan Patriarch‭: ‬Hueneng‭)
出	自	《譚	經》
chu1‭	zi4‭	tan2	jing1
Excerpted	from 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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