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title: "石雨禪師法檀 · 放生大意"
description: "石雨禅师法檀是明代禅僧石雨明方禅师的说法记录，由弟子净柱编集而成。该书成于明末清初，反映了当时禅宗曹洞宗的思想风貌与修行实践。内容主要为石雨禅师的开示、法语、机缘对话及诗偈，深入阐释禅宗心性论、顿悟法门与日常修行。作为曹洞宗重要文献，它不仅是研究明末禅宗思想流变的关键文本，也对后世禅修者具有指导意义，在佛教典籍中占据一席之地。"
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### 放生大意

> The Meaning of Life Release

登越山，得山林居士邀過草堂坐，忽蒼頭告主人有饋生魚者，主人即速命放，以適丁禪侶良集為喜。余因引鄭子產章為問，孔碩諸公子各說所見已，余曰：「子產之道恐即在圉圉洋洋，悠然而逝處。蓋校人烹之即校人之魚也，使畜而至於得其所哉，是子產之魚也。子產可欺也，子產放魚之道不可欺也，即子產之魚亦千古不可烹也。」諸公子俱躍然，喜得放生大意。時武林報國院三學師在座，索余為文以竟放生池事，遂走筆記此。倘見聞者以余語為當，則同證無生，不特同證子產之道，同放子產之魚而已，又何止放生得長生耶？

> Ascending Mount Yue, I was invited by a mountain forest hermit to sit in his thatched cottage. Suddenly, a servant announced that someone had gifted the host a live fish. The host promptly ordered it released, delighted that it coincided with the gathering of Chan practitioners. I then raised the passage about Zheng Zichan as a question, and the various gentlemen each shared their views. I said: "The essence of Zichan's way may lie precisely in the fish's hesitant darting and serene drifting away. For when the fish keeper cooked it, it became the fish keeper's fish; had he reared it until it found its proper place, it would have been Zichan's fish. Zichan could be deceived, but the way of Zichan releasing fish could not be deceived. And even the fish Zichan released could never be cooked for a thousand ages." All the gentlemen were elated, rejoicing in grasping the deeper meaning of releasing life. At that time, Master Sanshi of Baoguo Temple in Wulin was present, and he asked me to write an essay to complete the account of the life-releasing pond. So I wrote this down swiftly. If those who hear or see this consider my words fitting, then we together bear witness to the unborn, not merely sharing in Zichan's way and releasing the very fish he released—why stop at gaining long life through releasing life?