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  1. Recorded Sayings of Preceptor Shuijianhai, Tathāgata of Heaven, Abbot of Jinsu Monastery (天王水鑑海和尚住金粟語錄)
  2. Volume 3 (第三)
  3. 雜著
  4. Preface on the Occasion of Scholar Yang's Fiftieth Birthday at (壽慈菴楊進士五十序)
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Recorded Sayings of Preceptor Shuijianhai, Tathāgata of Heaven, Abbot of Jinsu Monastery (天王水鑑海和尚住金粟語錄)


壽慈菴楊進士五十序
天下有大壽,歷而千古,繩然相繼,不曰道,則曰德。道之於世不摩,堯舜至今尚在;德之於世不易,周孔萬古恆聞。苟不以道德為壽,縱身延千年,滅而無聞,亦為夭矣,何名為壽乎?夫道德也者,豈易言哉?請試論之。本出乎無言,無言豈謂無言焉?出乎機,入乎機,而無蹟也,亦無始也。是以劫窮世盡,渠乃不知。蓋渠無國土,亦無聲臭,風寒暑溼之不及,喜怒哀樂之不聞,況能覆載天地,刻雕眾形,長于上古,澤及萬世,而造于吾人者,又何終窮哉?然而朝菌不知晦朔,蟪蛄不知春秋,唯至聖者知之。慈菴楊君,今歲桂月五旬大壽,繇是進之以道德之說為君祝。唯道德之于君者,君得之矣。君何以為得焉?曰:問之沙翁。沙翁曰:當問自己。自己不知,問之蒲團。蒲團不知,問之踊猛。踊猛不知,問之豁然。豁然曰:在是矣。其是以為壽者,又何有終古者哉?

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