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Mountain Hermitage Miscellany (山庵雜錄)


No. 1616-A山菴雜錄序
道由言而顯。言以德而傳。然則有德之言。匪徒取信一時。抑乃傳之後世而無疑焉。恕中禪師謝事瑞岩。閑居太白山菴。以道自娛。蕭然一室。不蓄餘長。學屨日填戶外。推之不去也。或得其一言之益。不啻千金之重。又如飲甘露醍醐。心目充潤。蓋其平昔游歷諸大老之門。所聞所見。嘉言善行。心會理融。形之於言。不加藻繪。自然成章。若叢林之尊宿。儒門之先達。下至閭巷小子。其言善足以勸。其言惡足以誡。使人聞之心開意解。筆之成書。題之曰山菴雜錄。其徒住翠岩玄極頂公。鏤板行世。遠來京師。特以見示。予讀之不忘釋手。乃知所謂治世語言。皆順正法。麤言軟語。皆第一義。信不誣矣。譬諸草木。良醫攬之。無不是藥。其不知者。執藥成病。世出世間。一切諸法。無非佛法。明理者得之。皆足以垂世立教。有德有言禪師之謂歟。可謂善知藥病者矣。可謂善談佛法者矣。予於禪師有通家之好。雖未甞一接顏色。聲跡相聞亦有年矣。熟知其德足以服眾。言足以訓世。故雖不言。人固信之不疑。況此皆已然之事。實附事明理。言近指遠。宜其益於當世。傳之無窮焉。
洪武己巳夏六月 僧錄司左善世 弘道 序

No. 1616-B

CBETA Code: X1616

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