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title: "憨山老人夢遊集 · 與屠赤水"
description: "憨山老人夢遊集是明代高僧憨山德清的著作集，由侍者福善日錄、门人通炯编辑整理。憨山德清是明末四大高僧之一，主张禅净双修，对佛教中国化有深远影响。该书收录了他的诗文、法语、书信等，内容涵盖禅宗思想、净土修行和佛教义理，展现了其圆融各宗的智慧。作为明代佛教重要文献，夢遊集不仅反映了当时佛教的发展状况，也为后世研究明代佛教思想提供了珍贵资料，在佛教史上具有重要地位。"
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### 與屠赤水

嘗謂向上事屬上上根人。即有志者。其根未必利。根利者。其志未必精。貧道私念捷疾利根。真能一超直入者多。惜以無上妙慧。作世諦流布耳。間者晤德園居士於王城。靡不以此興慨。貧道比以夙業重愆。取辱法門。遺師友憂。蒙　恩譴炎海。於丙申春仲抵戍所。時值其地連遭三災。真同火宅。日坐屍陀林中。披閱楞伽。於無生之旨。脫然自信。始知此事。不從外得。本自具足。回視昔日工夫。大似含元殿裏覓長安。即此萬里調伏。差勝三十年行脚。古人以火聚刀山為道緣爐鞴。非虗語也。彌感　聖主恩大難醻。於此經有當於心者。筆之成帙。名曰觀楞伽記。今已脫稿。暇則檢點髑髏眼開識乾者。亦不減維摩丈室中人也。然此雖為撮摩虗空。適足以消炎熱。報罔極。醻知己耳。時與丁右武聚首五羊。每談明德。必出手書。光明煥發。恍若入寶林而視滿月。清涼悅懌。不言可知。因知居士長齋繡佛。與德園居士伯仲。結制西湖之上。切究此事。喜得蓮師為證盟。貧道遙空合掌。讚歎不已。竊念利根大志如居士。友如德園。師如蓮池。可謂諸緣具足。何患不一超直入。真宇宙閒千載奇事。古人云。若識佛性義。當觀時節因緣。慨斯末法。此會此緣。難可再見。諒不虗負矣。讀普陀志。護法真情。字字皆從光明藏中流出。貧道三復。不覺感激填心也。嗟乎。唯我　聖慈。一代弘誓。累劫津梁。非籍圓通手眼。幾乎沈埋佛祖矣。念此曹谿為祖庭重地。法海源流。惜乎荒穢寥寥。殆難舉目。海門居士攝南韶時。屬貧道纂其志。安得居士俯垂一機。擊塗毒鼓。使鍱腹降心。為祖道之光耶。

> It is often said that the highest matters belong to those of the sharpest faculties. Even among those with aspiration, their faculties may not be keen; and among those with keen faculties, their aspiration may not be refined. I have privately observed that those with swift and sharp faculties, who can truly leap directly into realization, are many—yet it is a pity that they often use their supreme wisdom for worldly affairs. When I met Layman Deyuan in the capital, we could not help but sigh over this. Due to heavy karmic transgressions from past lives, I have brought disgrace to the Dharma and caused worry to my teachers and friends. By imperial grace, I was exiled to the southern sea, arriving at my place of exile in mid-spring of the year \*Bingshen\*. At that time, the area had suffered three consecutive disasters, truly like a house on fire. Sitting daily among the charnel grounds, I studied the \*Lankavatara Sutra\* and, regarding the principle of non-arising, suddenly gained confidence. Only then did I realize that this matter is not obtained from outside but is inherently complete. Looking back at my past efforts, it was like searching for Chang'an inside the Hanyuan Palace—this journey of ten thousand miles to tame the mind has surpassed thirty years of pilgrimage. The ancients spoke of fire-pits and sword-mountains as the furnace for forging the path—these are not empty words. I feel deeply that the grace of the sovereign is vast and difficult to repay. Regarding this sutra, whatever resonated with my heart, I noted down and compiled into a volume titled \*Notes on Observing the Lankavatara\*. The manuscript is now complete. In my spare time, I examine those whose skulls have opened their eyes and whose consciousness has dried up—they are no less than the people in Vimalakirti’s ten-foot room. Yet, although this is like grasping at empty space, it is enough to cool the heat of afflictions, repay boundless kindness, and reciprocate the understanding of friends. At that time, I often met with Ding Youwu in Wuyang. Whenever we discussed bright virtue, he would take out his writings—their brilliance shone forth, as if entering a treasure grove and beholding the full moon. The clarity, coolness, and joy were beyond words. Thus, I learned that you, lay practitioner, maintain a pure vegetarian practice and venerate the Buddha, akin to Layman Deyuan. You observe retreat by West Lake, earnestly investigating this matter, and joyfully have Master Lianchi as your witness. From afar, I join my palms in praise. I reflect that with sharp faculties and great aspiration like yours, a friend like Deyuan, and a teacher like Lianchi, all conditions are complete. Why worry about not leaping directly into realization? This is truly a rare marvel in the universe across a thousand years. The ancients said, "If you wish to understand the meaning of Buddha-nature, observe the timing and conditions." Lamenting this Dharma-ending age, such a gathering and such conditions are hard to encounter again. I trust they will not be wasted. Reading the \*Gazetteer of Putuo\*, the genuine sentiment of Dharma protection flows from every word, as if from the treasury of light. Reading it thrice, I could not help but feel gratitude filling my heart. Alas! Only through our sovereign’s compassion, the great vows of this lifetime, and the bridges built over countless kalpas—and not without the skillful means of perfect penetration—have the teachings of Buddhas and patriarchs nearly been preserved from obscurity. Considering that Caoxi is the important site of the ancestral temple, the source and flow of the Dharma ocean, it is a pity that it lies desolate and neglected, almost unbearable to behold. When Layman Haimen was overseeing Nanshao, he entrusted me with compiling its records. How I wish you, lay practitioner, would bestow a single opportunity—strike the poison-drum, subdue the arrogant, and bring glory to the ancestral way!