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title: "靈峰蕅益大師宗論 · 自頌法華堂問荅六首"
description: "靈峰蕅益大師宗論是明末高僧智旭的著作。明末佛教面臨內部僵化與外部挑戰，智旭大師立足天台宗，主張禪教律淨融合，回應時代弊病。該書匯集其書信、註疏與開示，系統闡述性相融通、淨土為歸的佛學思想，強調解行並進與實踐修行。作為中國佛教史上承先啟後的巨著，它深刻影響了後世漢傳佛教的發展，尤其對淨土宗的推廣貢獻卓著，被尊為淨土宗第九祖的智旭，其思想透過此論成為明清佛教的重要指南。"
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### 自頌法華堂問荅六首
> Self-Composed Dharma Flower Hall Dialogues: Six Verses
一問：步步不曾離著他，因甚麼舉似不出？
> A question: You are never apart from it for a single step—so why can’t you show it or name it?
荅：舉則不似。
> Answer: When you try to pick it up or define it, it's no longer what it truly is.
頌曰演若迷頭向鏡馳，狂呼歷劫未曾癡。朝來摸著娘生鼻，到底雙雙兩下垂。
> O Tiger! Lost and frantic, I charged at the mirror, For ages howling—but never was I mad. And then this dawn, I touched the face that’s always been: — Oh, look—both hands hang low, just like they always are.
又荅分明舉似。
> "It's made perfectly clear."
頌曰分明舉似不爭差，步步何曾離著他。更問之乎並者也，胡人月下吹胡笳。
> Verse Clearly, it's shown without any fault or mistake— Step by step, how could you ever be apart from it? If you still ask, "What is this?" and "What is that?" It's like a barbarian playing the barbarian flute beneath the moon.
二問：說得了了分明，因甚麼用他不著？
> Second Question: Since it can be explained clearly, why can’t it be put to use?
荅：說底是甚麼？
> Answer: What is it that you're talking about?
頌曰家常茶飯日三餐，一飽渾忘饑與寒。只恐鮮能知此味，別圖鳳腦與龍肝。
> Daily tea and meals, three times a day— Once full, you forget hunger and cold completely. The only fear is that few can truly savor this taste, Instead seeking phoenix brain and dragon liver.
又荅步步不曾離。
> Further Answer Not a single step ever leaves.
頌曰分明步步不曾離，日用尋常盡是伊。怪底春光遍桃李，東風消息幾能知。
> Verse Clearly, step by step, it is never apart from you— In daily life, in ordinary moments, everything is it. Yet strange how spring’s light spreads over peach and plum— Who truly knows the east wind’s tidings?
三問：三身與三自性，是同是別？
> Third Question: Are the Three Bodies and the Three Natures the same or different?
荅：且道是同是別？
> Answer: Tell me—are they the same or different?
頌曰三性三身別復同，分明指示不須融。獨憐村裏三家犬，月下啀喍吠草叢。
> Here is the translation of the provided Buddhist verse: A verse says: The Three Natures and the Three Bodies are separate, yet the same. Clearly pointed out, no need to amalgamate them. Only pitiable are the three dogs in the village, Barking and howling in the moonlight at a clump of grass.
四問：一切法皆可作四句，且如三身，各四句如何作？
> Fourth Question: Can all dharmas be analyzed in terms of four statements? For example, regarding the Three Bodies, how would we construct these four statements?
荅：四句歷然。
> Answer: The Four Phrases are completely clear and distinct.
頌曰無性緣生觸處通，有無情理互含容。一微亦必存方分，儱侗如何達此宗。
> When seeing all things are born of causes and conditions without fixed nature, One finds understanding everywhere within reach. Existence and non-existence, principle and phenomena, all inter-contain one another. Even the tiniest particle must possess spatial dimensions— How could a vague, muddled view ever penetrate this truth?