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title: "湛然圓澄禪師語錄 · 龍居菴普同塔銘"
description: "湛然圆澄禅师语录由明代禅宗高僧湛然圆澄所述，其门人明凡记录，丁元公与祁骏佳编撰。该书成书于明末佛教复兴时期，收录圆澄禅师的开示、法语、公案及书信，集中体现其禅学思想与修行指导，倡导直指人心、见性成佛的曹洞宗风。作为明代禅宗重要文献，该语录不仅传承了临济与曹洞宗的精髓，对后世禅修者具有深远影响，是研究明清佛教禅宗思想与实践的重要典籍。"
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### 龍居菴普同塔銘

> Longju Nunnery Universal Stupa Inscription

夫莊周以天下無藏。特據器界。肇公了四大本空。別示根身。雖則各就其長。未若雲居有言。青山有限。白骨無窮。吾生不離大眾。而死豈能異乎。繇是造普同塔。而處十方師友。非惟根身器界。兩相混融。抑且生死去來。曾非離背。是真得佛之心者矣。所以諸方梵剎咸倣其範以行之。茲者臯亭山之東。黃鶴峰之下。古有永慶寺。為元兵燹廢。故址已屬民間。一濂慎公訪求復得。謀於文谷印師。里人共相畫計。改寺為菴。署曰龍居。葢取龍象共居之意也。慎公辭世。餘願未果。囑諸弟子曰。此菴當與十方共選有德者主之。毋令甲乙相承。於是共議擇一江湘公。代領其事。弘廣慎公之業。前後一新。內外肅如。眾盈百數。勝出他剎矣。復於東崗之下。建普同塔三。其中則本山眷屬。東十方雲水。西諸優婆塞。使生死不相離。親踈不相混。是真得佛祖之遺意也。予繇東魯回。湘公迎余至龍居。再三誠懇屬余以銘。因序其事。而為之銘曰。空生大覺。大覺依身。身依器界。器界依空。各不相到。彼此互容。本無生死。何有始終。法性法爾。事理融通。繇迷真性。成此妄計。五行相克。分彼同異。猶如水泡。大小成勢。消泡復水。非一非二。若色身者。自他一隱。惟有智人。了法如是。會彼同異。入無生地。

> Zhuangzi once said that the world has nothing hidden, merely presenting conditions of form. Master Zhao understood that the four elements are inherently empty, separately revealing the body. Though each philosophy has its merits, none surpass Yunju’s saying: "Green mountains are limited; white bones are endless. My life does not depart from the community; how could death make us different?" Thus, he built a common pagoda to house teachers and friends from the ten directions—not only fusing body and environment into one, but also ensuring birth and death never truly separate. This is the one who truly grasped the Buddha’s mind. Therefore, temples everywhere followed his model. Now, east of Gāo Tíng Mountain, below Yellow Crane Peak, stood an ancient Yongqing Temple, destroyed in warfare of the Yuan dynasty; its foundation had fallen into private hands. The venerable Yìlián Shèn sought and recovered this land, then consulted with Master Wengǔ Yìn. Together with local people, they devised a plan to convert the site into a hermitage, naming it Dragon Retreat—meaning a place where dragons and elephants dwell together. Venerable Shèn passed away before fulfilling his vow, but charged his disciples: "This hermitage shall be shared with the ten directions; choose a virtuous master to lead it—do not let it pass in hereditary succession." So the community chose a Master Jiāngxiāng to take over his work, expanding and fulfilling Venerable Shèn’s legacy. The hermitage was renovated inside and out, solemn in appearance; members numbered over a hundred, surpassing other monasteries. Below the eastern ridge, three common pagodas were built: one for the monastery’s own lineage, one for wandering practitioners from the ten directions, and one for laymen. This ensures birth and death are not separate, close and distant are not confused—truly embodying the Buddhas’ and patriarchs’ original intention. When I returned from Shandong, Master Jiāngxiāng welcomed me to Dragon Retreat. With sincere earnestness, he repeatedly asked me to compose an inscription. Thus I record these events and write the following eulogy: Emptiness arises from great awakening; Great awakening depends on the body. Body depends on the environment; Environment depends on emptiness. Each does not reach the other, Yet they interpenetrate. Originally no birth or death— How could there be beginning or end? Dharma-nature is just so; Principle and phenomena merge. Due to delusion about true nature, We form these false discriminations: The five elements overcome each other, Distinguishing same and different— Like bubbles on water, Becoming large or small as conditions form. When bubbles dissolve back into water, They are neither one nor two. If regarding the form-body, Self and other obscure each other. Only the wise person Understands dharmas thus: Seeing the common ground in differences, They enter the unborn ground.