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Part 15: Speech and Sayings
曰。當恁麼時。無佛名．A monk asked, "During such a time, without a 'Buddha' classification
無眾生名。[and] without a 'sentient beings' classification,
使某甲作麼圖度。how would someone be guided across?"1
師云。你言無佛名．The Master said, "You saying [we are] without a 'Buddha' classification [and]
無眾生名。without an 'sentient beings' classification
早是圖度了也。already is having completed the guiding across.
亦是記他言語。Likewise are his recorded spoken sayings."2
曰。若如是。The monk said, "If so,
悉屬佛出世時事。all the affairs belong to the time when Buddha entered the world
了不可不言。cannot be left unspoken [about]."
師曰。你作麼生言。The Master asked, "How would you speak [about them]?"
曰。設使言。The monk said, "Supposing [someone] spoke [about them],
言亦不及。speech too [would be] inadequate."
師曰。若道言不及是及語。The Master said, "If [you] say speech is inadequate, are the 'sayings' adequate?
你虗恁麼尋逐。You search and pursue this way in vain.
誰與你為境。Who sets these boundaries for you?"
曰。既無為境者。The monk asked, "Since no one is setting boundaries,
誰是那邊人。who is a person 'over there'?"
師曰。你若不引教來。The Master said, "If you have not come to quote [Buddha's] teachings,
即何處論佛。then where [can we] discuss 'Buddha'?
既不論佛。Since [we're] not discussing Buddha,
老僧與誰論遮邊．那邊。with whom can this old monk discuss [being] 'over here' or 'over there'?"
Notes:
1. 圖度 (guide across) In the Buddhist context means 'to lead sentient beings to liberation from the cycle of birth and death'.
2. Likely referring to Buddha's teachings.
Submitted April 08, 2023 at 03:10AM by Surska0 https://ift.tt/WZlt0Fx
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