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Jeta Grove Proper Conduct Sutra (祇園正儀)

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Song · by 道楷撰

903 · about 3 min

"Zhiyuan Zheng Yi" (The Proper Regulations of Jetavana), authored by the Song Dynasty eminent monk Furong Daokai, is a significant Chan (Zen) monastic disciplinary text. Compiled during the Northern Song period, a time when Chan monastic institutions were undergoing standardization, it aimed to rectify monastic conduct, strictly uphold precepts and dignified demeanor, and emphasized that practitioners must maintain proper personal conduct and strictly adhere to disciplinary codes. Its content systematically elaborates on the daily regulations of Chan monasteries, guidelines for monastics' walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, as well as attitudes toward cultivation, reflecting the Song Dynasty Chan emphasis on balancing precepts with meditation practice. This text profoundly influenced later Chan monastic regulations and serves as an important document for studying Song Dynasty Buddhist institutions and the development of Chan Buddhism, holding authoritative status in the history of Buddhist discipline.


祇園正儀
夫出家者。為厭塵勞。求脫生死。休心息念。斷絕攀緣。故名出家。豈可以等閒利養埋沒平生。直須兩頭撒開。中間放下。遇聲遇色如石上栽花。見利見名似眼中著屑。況從無始以來。不是不曾經歷。又不是不知次第。不過翻頭作尾止於如此。何須苦苦貪戀。如今不歇。更待何時。所以先聖教人。只要盡却今時。能盡今時更有何事。若得心中無事。佛祖猶是冤家。一切世事自然冷淡。方始那邊相應。儞不見隱山至死不肯見人。趙州至死不昔告人。匾擔拾橡栗為食。大梅以荷葉為衣。紙衣道者只披紙。玄泰上座只著布。石霜置枯木堂與眾座臥。只要死了儞心。投子使人辦米同煑共餐。要得省取儞事。且從上諸聖有如此榜樣。若無長處如何甘得。諸仁者。若也於斯體究。的不虧人。若也不肯承當。向後深恐費力。山僧行業無取。忝主山門。豈可坐費常住。頓忘先聖附囑。今者輙欲略斆古人為住持體例。與諸人議定。更不下山。不赴齋。不發化主。唯將本院莊課一歲所得均作三百六十分。日取一分用之。更不隨人添減。可以備飯則作飯。作飯不足則作粥。作粥不足則作米湯。新到相見茶湯而已。更不煎點。唯置一茶堂。自去取用。務要省緣專一辨道。又況活計具足。風景不疎。華解笑。鳥解啼。木馬長鳴。石牛善走。天外之青山寡色。耳畔之鳴泉無聲。嶺上猿啼露濕中霄之月。林間鶴唳風回清曉之松。春風起時枯木龍吟。秋葉凋而寒林花散。玉階舖苔蘚之紋。人面帶煙霞之色。音塵寂爾。消息宛然。一味蕭條無可趣向。山僧今日向諸人面前說家門已是不著便。豈可更去陞堂入室。拈槌竪拂。東喝西棒。張眉怒目。如癇病發相似。不唯屈沉上座。況辜負先聖。儞不見達磨西來到少室山下面壁九年。二祖至於立雪斷臂。可謂受盡艱辛。然而達磨不曾措了一詞。二祖不曾問著一句。還喚達磨作不為人得麼。喚二祖做不求師得麼。山僧每至說著古聖做處。便覺無地容身。慚愧後人軟弱又。況百味珍羞𮞏相供養。道我四事具足方可發心。只恐做手脚不迄。便此隔生隔世去也。時光似箭深為可惜。雖然如是。更在他人從長相度。山僧也強教儞不得。諸仁者還見古人偈麼。山田脫粟飯。野菜淡黃虀。喫則從君喫。不喫任東西。伏惟同道。各自努力。珍重。

No. 1233-A 䟦刻芙蓉楷祖法語

CBETA Code: X1233

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