犬吠鳥鳴皆己聲，本來圓融人自分；
念佛淨心妄潛消，當下契入方悟真！
跋
陽明山曾居士念佛、靜坐多年。日前習定中忽聞犬吠，直覺此即己聲。以此問我，答以：「此乃心中潛?識中後天所加之『此非我聲』或『此為犬吠』之觀念消逝之際，直覺實相之體會。而且只有在此等潛在意念之分別消逝之際，才能察覺心中原先有此種『成見』之框架」。可見消除「我執、我見」之不易，只有多年不斷修行佛法，才可能漸令潛消。曾居士又順此體悟而推知，其實一切聲響皆己聲。若再推廣，則一切經驗無非一己，無非一體，本自圓融。若明此理，何苦自苦於所執之種種分別。
二○一○年四月十四日
養和齋 於加州
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Dog's Bark
----- Original Message -----
From: Yutang Lin
To: Dharma Friends
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:44 AM
Subject: FW: New Work
As requested by disciple Ji Hu below I had written the poem in calligraphy.
Detong, add it to Lian Yi book.
Tong Tou, print one copy for Zeng.
May all beings attain Enlightenment soon!
Yutang
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From: Shu Zhen []
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:06 PM
To: Yutang Lin
Subject: Re: New Work
上師﹐
敬請上師為此詩作書寫墨寶。
疾呼
Dog's Bark Yutang Lin
Dog's bark and bird's twitter are all one's sound
Originally in harmonious oneness but man distinguishes
Purifying mind through repeating Buddha's name
Delusions vanished inconspicuously
At the moment of merging into oneness
Only then one realizes the real phenomena
Comments:
Upasaka Zeng who lives on Yang Ming Mountain in Taipei, Taiwan has been practicing repetition of "Amitabha" and meditation for many years. Recently during his meditation sitting he suddenly heard a dog's barking, and simultaneously comprehended intuitively that it was his own sound. He asked me about this, and I replied: "It was a direct comprehension of real phenomena, and it was realized only at the juncture when the man-made concept of 'this is not my sound' or 'this is dog's bark', which was artificially added in subconciousness to the sound heard, vanished. Furthermore, only at the juncture when such subconscious conceptual distinctions vanished can one become aware of the previous existence of such preconceived conceptual frames." Thus, it is clearly seen that it is not an easy endeavor to extinguish self-grasping and self-preconception; only through many years of diligent and continuous Dharma practices could these be gradually eradicated in subconsicousness. Upasaka Zeng, following the comprehension mentioned above, inferred that indeed all sounds are one's own sound. If we generalized further along this line, then all experiences of phenomena are nothing but oneself, nothing but all in oneness, and originally in harmony. When this truth is comprehended, then why would one incur suffering on oneself by grasping to all sorts of distinctions?
Written in Chinese and translated on April 14, 2010
El Cerrito, California
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