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title: "天隱和尚語錄 · 示林玹琇侍者"
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### 示林玹琇侍者

> Attendant Lin Xuanxiu

既為大僧，當行大事，立志要高，願力要深，膽氣要大，心行要細。心行若細，念念入微，見到一念未生之前，則不被境緣奪去，而用麤心浮氣之所動作也。膽氣若大，始可擔荷潑天門戶，他日普化群品，能以無畏說法也。願力若深，百千法門學而不厭，縱遇諸魔障難，於中不動毫端，了了分明，一一順受，勇猛精進也。立志若高，則無速求見聞知解，塞自悟門，不到徹頭徹尾、大休大歇田地，決不肯應點時流，埋沒自己也。若四種成就，豈是泛常小根小莖，秪圖熱鬧門庭，不揣道力未充，德業未辦，見地不徹，學問不廣，背己逐物，徒衒虛名而已哉？琇侍者，幼習儒，已婚。年十九，捐妻，徑造磬山，禮老僧為師，祝髮受具。扣己所參古今因緣，多有透露處，莫不繇其夙因也。雖然，老僧愈不肯放過伊，加其鞭策。無他，蓋欲爾成其大樹，為異日人之所望也。一日，將紙跪于前求法語，老僧信筆直書如斯忉怛，未免見笑大方，憐兒不覺醜在。

> Since you have become a great monk, you must undertake great deeds. Set your aspirations high, deepen your vows, enlarge your courage, and refine your conduct. If your conduct is refined, every thought reaches the subtle level, and you can see before a single thought arises, so you will not be carried away by circumstances or act with a coarse and restless mind. If your courage is great, you can bear the burden of a vast tradition, and in the future, you will be able to teach all beings with fearlessness. If your vows are deep, you will learn the hundreds and thousands of Dharma doors without weariness, and even when faced with all kinds of obstacles and demonic hindrances, you will remain unmoved, clearly aware, accepting each one, and advancing with vigor. If your aspirations are high, you will not rush after mere hearsay or intellectual understanding that blocks the gate of your own awakening. Until you reach the very end, the great rest and great stillness, you will never consent to cater to the current fashion or bury yourself. If these four are accomplished, how could you be like the ordinary small roots and stems who only seek to make their temple lively, not considering that their spiritual power is not yet full, their virtue not yet complete, their insight not yet clear, their learning not yet broad, turning their back on themselves and chasing after things, merely showing off empty fame? Attendant Xiu, who studied Confucianism from a young age, was already married. At nineteen, he left his wife and came directly to Qingshan, where he paid respects to this old monk as his teacher, shaved his head, and received the precepts. In his inquiries into the ancient and modern koans, he has had many moments of insight, all due to his past conditions. Even so, this old monk will not let him off easily, but spurs him on all the more. This is for no other reason than to help him grow into a great tree, one that people will look to in the future. One day, he knelt before me with paper in hand, seeking a Dharma discourse. This old monk wrote freely from the heart, such earnest words—they may invite laughter from the wise, but it is like a parent doting on a child, not noticing the ugliness.