禪文化研究所研究報告（昭和五一年）
Research Report of the Institute for Zen Studies (1976)
絕觀論
"Jue Guan Lun"
中國禪錄研究班常盤義伸柳田聖山
Study Seminar on Chinese Zen Records
入理緣門 一卷。
Gateway to the Principles of Conditionality, One Volume.
麁是問頭、緣門起決。
注是答語、入理除疑。
The first part is the question, rooted in conditional circumstances and seeking understanding. The second part is the answer, guiding us into the truth to dissolve doubt.
是名絕觀論。
This is called the Treatise on Cutting Off All Views.
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1
一
One
夫大道冲虛、幽微寂寞、不可以心会、不可以言詮。今且立二人、共談真実。師主名入理、弟子号緣門。
The great Path to Cessation is empty and still, subtle and silent. It cannot be grasped with the thinking mind, nor explained in words. So now let us imagine two people discussing the truth together. The teacher is named Entering Principle, and the student is named Gate of Conditions.
於是入理先生、寂無言說。緣門忽起、問入理先生曰、云何名心、云何安心。
Then Mr. Ruli fell silent and said nothing. Yuanmen suddenly rose and asked Mr. Ruli, "What is called the mind, and how does one settle the mind?"
答曰、汝不須立心、亦不須強安。可謂安矣。
They replied: You don't need to set up your mind, nor do you need to force it to settle. That is precisely peace.
二
Second.
問曰、若無有心、云何学道。
Question: If there is no mind, how can one learn the Path?
答曰、道非心念、何在於心也。
The answer is: the Path to Cessation is not a matter of the mind’s thoughts—how could it be found in the mind?
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Three
問曰、若非心念、当何以念。
Question: If it is not the mind that thinks, then what should one use to think?
答曰、有念即有心、有心即乖道。無念即無心、無心即真道。
They answered: Having thoughts means having a mind, and having a mind goes against the Path to Cessation. Having no thoughts means having no mind, and having no mind is the true Path to Cessation.
四
Four
問曰、一切眾生実有心不。
Question: Do all sentient beings truly have a mind?
答曰、若眾生実有心、即顛倒。只為於無心中而立心、乃生妄想。
He replied: If sentient beings truly had a mind, that would already be delusion. It is only because they insist on creating a mind where there is no mind that false thoughts arise.
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Five
問曰、無心有何物。
A questioner asks: If there is no mind, then what exists?
答曰、無心即無物、無物即天真、天真即大道。
He replied: When there is no mind, there are no things. When there are no things, there is natural purity. Natural purity is the great Path to Cessation.
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Six
問曰、眾生妄想、云何得滅。
Question: How can the deluded thoughts of sentient beings be brought to an end?
答曰、若見妄想、及見滅者、不離妄想。
He replied: If you perceive deluded thoughts, or perceive their cessation, you are still not free from deluded thoughts.
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Seven
問曰、不遣滅者、得合道理否。
Question: If one does not set aside the Cessation of Suffering, can one still be in accord with reason?
答曰、若言合与不合、亦不離妄想。
He replied: Whether you say it fits or doesn't fit, either way you're still caught up in deluded thinking.
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Eight
問曰、若為時是。
Question: What is the right time?
答曰、不為時是。
They replied, "No, it is not that."