淨土生無生論
幽溪沙門傳燈撰
稽首能仁圓滿智,無量壽覺大導師,所說安養大乘經,了義了義至圓頓。妙德普賢觀自在,勢至清淨大海眾,馬鳴、龍樹及天親,此土廬山蓮社祖,天台智者并法智,古往今來弘法師,我今歸命禮三寶。求乞冥加發神識,敬採經論祕密旨,闡明淨土生無生,普使將來悟此門,斷疑生信階不退。
I bow to the Perfectly Enlightened One, the All-Wise, The Great Guide, the Buddha of Infinite Life. The profound Mahayana sutra of the Pure Land, Its meaning ultimate, its teaching complete and direct.
Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteshvara, Mahasthamaprapta, and the pure ocean-like assembly, Ashvaghosha, Nagarjuna, and Vasubandhu, The Lotus Society ancestors of Lushan in this land, Zhiyi of Tiantai and Fazhi— All Dharma teachers past and present, I now take refuge in the Three Jewels.
I seek their unseen aid to awaken my spirit, Humbly gathering the secret essence of sutras and treatises, To clarify the birth and non-birth in the Pure Land, So that all in the future may awaken to this path, Dispel doubts, give rise to faith, and ascend the stage of non-retrogression.
將造此論,立為十門:一、一真法界門;二、身土緣起門;三、心土相即門;四、生佛不二門;五、法界為念門;六、境觀相吞門;七、三觀法爾門;八、感應任運門;九、彼此恒一門;十、現未互在門。
In composing this treatise, I have established ten sections:
1. The One True Dharma Realm 2. The Interdependent Arising of Body and Land 3. The Non-Duality of Mind and Land 4. The Oneness of Sentient Beings and Buddhas 5. The Dharma Realm as the Object of Mindfulness 6. The Mutual Inclusion of Object and Contemplation 7. The Naturalness of the Three Contemplations 8. The Spontaneous Response and Interaction 9. The Constant Unity of Self and Other 10. The Interpenetration of Present and Future
初、一真法界門
一真法性中,具足十法界,依正本融通,生佛非殊致。
論曰:
一真法界即眾生本有心性,此之心性具無量德,受無量名。
云何具無量德?舉要言之,謂性體、性量、性具。云何性體?謂此心性,離四句、絕百非,體性堅凝,清淨無染,不生不滅,常住無壞。云何性量?此心性竪窮三世,橫遍十方,世界有邊,虛空無邊。虛空有邊,心性無邊。現在有邊,過未無邊。過未有邊,心性無邊。無盡無盡、無量無量。云何性具?謂此心性具十法界,謂佛法界、菩薩法界、緣覺法界、聲聞法界、天法界、修羅法界、人法界、畜生法界、餓鬼法界、地獄法界,此是假名。復有正報,謂佛五陰、菩薩五陰,乃至地獄五陰,此是實法。復有依報,謂佛國土、菩薩國土乃至地獄國土。令易解故,作三種分別,得意為言,即性具是性體、性量。性體離過絕非,即性具十界離過絕非。性體堅凝,清淨無染,不生不滅,常住不壞;性具十界亦然。性量竪窮橫遍,無盡無盡、無量無量;性具十界亦然。正報五陰同性體、性量,清淨周遍;依報國土亦然。此之三法亦名三諦:性體即中諦,性量即真諦,性具即俗諦。故《楞嚴經》云:「而如來藏妙明元心,非心、非空,非地、水、火、風,非眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意,非色、聲、香、味、觸、法,非眼界乃至非意識界,非無明乃至非老死,非無明盡乃至非老死盡,非苦、集、滅、道,非智、非得,非檀那乃至非般剌若,非怛答阿羯,非阿羅訶,非三藐三菩,非常樂我淨。」此即性量無相,是為真諦。而如來藏元明心妙,即心、即空,即地、水、火、風,即六凡,即二乘,乃至即如來常、樂、我、淨,此即性具十界,是為俗諦。而如來藏妙明心元,離即、離非,是即、非即,此即性體,是為中諦。又云:「如來藏性色真空,性空真色,清淨本然,周遍法界,地、水、火、風、空、見、識莫不如是。」地、水、火、風、空、見、識即性具也,清淨本然即性體也,周遍法界即性量也。又云:「地、水、火、風、空清淨本然,周遍法界」,即依報國土性體、性量也。「見、識清淨本然,周遍法界」,即正報五陰性體、性量也。
云何受無量名?舉要言之,此心性或名空如來藏,或名真如佛性,或名菴摩羅識,或名大圓鏡智,或名菩提涅槃。性體、性量名空如來藏,即性具十界五陰國土名空如來藏。性體、性量名真如佛性,即性具等真如佛性。性體、性量名菴摩羅識,即性具等名菴摩羅識。性體、性量名大圓鏡智,即性具等名大圓鏡智。性體、性量名菩提、涅槃,即性具等名菩提、涅槃。故曰:「一真法性中,具足十法界,依正本融通,生佛非殊致。」
問曰:「此一真法界,為初心是?為後心是?若初心是,應無七名;若後心是,應無九界。初後俱墮,立義不成。」
答曰:「此正顯初心是,以初心是故,方有後心是。以後心是故,方顯初心是。云何以初心是方有後心是?如果地依正融通,色心不二,垂形九界,方便度生,悉由證此因心所具。故曰:『諸佛果地融通,但證眾生理本。』故得稱性施設,無謀而應。若不然者,何異小乘外道作意神通?故法智大師云:『六即之義,不專在佛。一切假實三乘人天,下至蛣蜣地獄色心,皆須六即。辯其初後,所謂理蛣蜣乃至究竟蛣蜣。』以論十界皆理性故,無非法界,一不可改。故名字去不唯顯佛,九亦同彰。至於果成,十皆究竟。云何後心是方顯初心是?正由後心果地全證眾生理本故,果地七種名目悉是眾生性德美稱,但眾生在迷,性稱不顯,故無此稱。剋論性德,豈可言無!故初後俱善,立義成矣!」