金剛經 (Diamond Sutra; four-line gatha)

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金剛經 (Diamond Sutra; four-line gatha)

金剛經是超越宗教的經典,
它透過我們的意識心靈揭示大自然其奧妙­的實相。

這個般若的­主要思想是意識到所有現象的虛幻本質。
Diamond Sutra is a sutra beyond religion,
as it penetrates inside our mind
by revealing the subtle reality of nature.
The main idea in Prajnaparamita
is the realization of the illusory nature of all phenomena.

金剛經之四句偈 (Diamond Sutra; four-line gatha)
"云何應住,云何降伏其心。應如是住,應如是降伏其心"

How should we dwell the heart,
and how should we subdue the heart?
The heart of a Bodhisattva should not dwell in forms.
A Bodhisattva, to benefit all beings, should give thus.

"凡所有相,皆是虛妄,若見諸相非相,即見如來
Everything with form is unreal,
if all forms are seen as unreal the Tathagata will be perceived."

"若以色見我,以音聲求我,是人行邪道,不能見如來〞
He who sees me by outward appearance and seek me in sound,
treads the heterodox path and can not perceived Tathagata.

"一切有為法,如夢幻泡影,如露亦如電,應作如是觀〞
All phenomena are like a dream,
an illusion a bubble and shadow like dew and lightening.
Thus should you meditate upon them.

"空身;空心;空性;空法〞
 No perception of a self, no perception of a being
 No perception of a life, no perception of a soul.

云何空身?身是父母所生,亦具父母息氣,
九孔常流,種種不淨,四大假合,終須敗壞,
­智男女,知身是幻,未死之前,當死一般,
借此幻身,學佛修行,名悟身空,一句偈也。


復觀自心,非生非滅,最聖最靈,
遇境似有,境滅還無,令悟真心,常覺不昧,
不隨妄想流­轉,但依真性主行,名悟心空,二句偈也。


復觀自性,寂然不動,感而遂通,
變化無窮,威靈莫測,明明了了,自覺自知,
靈靈寂寂,­無為常為,名悟性空,三句偈也。


復觀如來所說經法,
皆是方便,引導法門,如水洗塵,似病與藥,
令證心空法了,病退藥除­,名悟法空,四句偈也。