文/宋.釋子昇 錄(生卒年不詳)
釋迦牟尼佛偈
法本法無法,無法法亦法;
今付無法時,法法何曾法。
──選自《禪門諸祖師偈頌》
Gathas on the Transmission of Teachings of the Seven Buddhas(excerpt)
Recorded by Shi Zisheng (Years unknown, Song Dynasty)
English translation: Ven. You Zai
Verse of Sakyamuni Buddha
Dharma, in essence,was no Dharma.
Dharma of the emptiness of dharma is dharma.
Now, to entrust the emptiness of dharma;
How was the Dharma of emptiness of dharma
ever dharma?
── from Chanmen Zhu Zhushi Ji Song(Verses of the Chan Patriarchs)