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信心銘Inscription on Faith in Mind
全文五層 →Full five layers →《信心銘》T48n2010 全篇，自「至道無難」至「非去來今」，四言一百四十七句（含夾注八字），依對句成七十三聯。一聯一段，逐句對譯。段首（…）＝大正藏頁·欄·行錨。
〔〇·題〕（0376b18）「信心銘」——這是以「信心」為題的一篇銘文。篇末（0377a11）以「信心銘之終」收結，標明全銘到此終了。
〔一·至道無難〕（0376b20）最究竟的道並不困難，唯一忌諱的，就是揀擇。
〔二·但莫憎愛〕（0376b20）只要不起憎恨，也不起貪愛，它就通透無礙，明明白白。
〔三·毫釐有差〕（0376b21）然而只要有一毫一釐的偏差，便如天與地一般，遠遠地隔開了。
〔四·欲得現前〕（0376b22）想要它當下現前，心中就不要存著順與逆。
〔五·違順相爭〕（0376b22）違逆與順適彼此相爭，這正是心的病。
〔六·不識玄旨〕（0376b23）不認識那玄妙的意旨，即使念念求靜，也只是白白勞苦。
〔七·圓同太虛〕（0376b24）它圓滿得如同太虛空一樣，沒有一點欠缺，也沒有一點多餘。
〔八·良由取捨〕（0376b24）實在是因為有取有捨，所以才不能與它如如相合。
〔九·莫逐有緣〕（0376b25）不要去追逐有的種種緣，也不要停住在空的忍可之中。
〔十·一種平懷〕（0376b26）以同一種平等的胸懷相待，一切便泯然無跡，自己消盡。
〔十一·止動歸止〕（0376b26）想止息動、回歸於止，這止反而更加動盪。
〔十二·唯滯兩邊〕（0376b27）只是滯留在兩邊之中，哪裡知道那同一種的平懷？
〔十三·一種不通〕（0376b28）這同一種若不能通達，兩處都失去了功用。
〔十四·遣有沒有〕（0376b28）想遣除有，反而沒入有中；想隨順空，反而背離了空。
〔十五·多言多慮〕（0376b29）言語愈多、思慮愈多，反而愈不能相應。
〔十六·絕言絕慮〕（0376c01）斷絕言語，斷絕思慮，便沒有一處不通。
〔十七·歸根得旨〕（0376c01）回歸根本，就得著意旨；隨逐照見，就失去宗本。
〔十八·須臾返照〕（0376c02）只要片刻之間迴光返照，便勝過先前所見的那個空。
〔十九·前空轉變〕（0376c03）先前那個空的種種轉變，都是由於虛妄的見解。
〔二十·不用求真〕（0376c03）不必去追求真，只須止息見解。
〔二十一·二見不住〕（0376c04）相對待的兩種見解都不要住著，千萬不要去追尋。
〔二十二·纔有是非〕（0376c05）剛一有了是與非，便紛紛擾擾，失去了心。
〔二十三·二由一有〕（0376c05）二是由一而有的，連這個一也不要守著。
〔二十四·一心不生〕（0376c06）只要一心不生起，萬法便沒有過咎。
〔二十五·無咎無法〕（0376c07）沒有過咎，也就沒有法；不生起，也就不成其為心。
〔二十六·能隨境滅〕（0376c07）能取的一方隨著境而滅，境也隨著能取的一方而沉沒。
〔二十七·境由能境〕（0376c08）境是因為有能，才成其為境；能是因為有境，才成其為能。
〔二十八·欲知兩段〕（0376c09）想要知道這兩段，原本就是同一個空。
〔二十九·一空同兩〕（0376c09）這同一個空與兩者相同，平等地含攝萬象。
〔三十·不見精麁〕（0376c10）不見有精細與粗糙之分，哪裡還會有偏私與朋黨？
〔三十一·大道體寬〕（0376c11）大道的體性寬廣，無所謂容易，也無所謂困難。
〔三十二·小見狐疑〕（0376c11）見識狹小的人狐疑不定，愈是急切，反而愈是遲緩。
〔三十三·執之失度〕（0376c12）執著它便失了分寸，心就走入邪路。
〔三十四·放之自然〕（0376c13）放下它便是自然，它的體性無所去，也無所住。
〔三十五·任性合道〕（0376c13）任運本性，便合於道，逍遙自在，斷絕煩惱。
〔三十六·繫念乖真〕（0376c14）把念頭繫縛起來，便違背了真；沉沒昏昧，也不好。
〔三十七·不好勞神〕（0376c15）不好的是勞動精神；又何必分什麼疏遠與親近？
〔三十八·欲趣一乘〕（0376c15）想要趣向一乘，就不要厭惡六塵。
〔三十九·六塵不惡〕（0376c16）對六塵不起厭惡，反倒就同於正覺。
〔四十·智者無為〕（0376c17）智者無所造作，愚人卻自己捆縛自己。
〔四十一·法無異法〕（0376c17）法並沒有別異的法，是自己虛妄地愛戀執著。
〔四十二·將心用心〕（0376c18）拿心去用心，豈不是大錯？
〔四十三·迷生寂亂〕（0376c19）迷的時候，便生出寂靜與散亂；悟的時候，便沒有好與惡。
〔四十四·一切二邊〕（0376c19）一切相對的二邊，都是自己虛妄地斟酌出來的。
〔四十五·夢幻空華〕（0376c20）如夢、如幻、如空中的花，何必勞神去把捉？
〔四十六·得失是非〕（0376c21）得與失、是與非，一時全都放下。
〔四十七·眼若不眠〕（0376c21）眼睛如果不睡，種種夢境自然消除。
〔四十八·心若不異〕（0376c22）心如果不起別異，萬法便同一如如。
〔四十九·一如體玄〕（0376c23）一如的體性玄妙，兀然不動，忘卻諸緣。
〔五十·萬法齊觀〕（0376c23）萬法平等地觀照，便回復歸於自然。
〔五十一·泯其所以〕（0376c24）連它之所以如此的緣由也泯去了，再沒有什麼可以比擬。
〔五十二·止動無動〕（0376c25）止息了動，便無所謂動；動了那止，便無所謂止。
〔五十三·兩既不成〕（0376c25）兩者既然都不能成立，一又怎麼會有？
〔五十四·究竟窮極〕（0376c26）究竟到了窮極之處，不存任何軌則。
〔五十五·啟心平等〕（0376c27）開啟此心，一切平等，所作所為都歇息了。
〔五十六·狐疑盡淨〕（0376c27）狐疑完全淨盡，正信調柔而正直。
〔五十七·一切不留〕（0376c28）一切都不存留，沒有什麼可以記憶的。
〔五十八·虛明自然〕（0376c29）虛靈明朗，自然而然，不必勞費心力。
〔五十九·非思量處〕（0376c29）這不是思量所能到的地方，識情難以測度。
〔六十·真如法界〕（0377a01）真如法界之中，無他，也無自。
〔六十一·要急相應〕（0377a02）若要迅速相應，只能說「不二」。
〔六十二·不二皆同〕（0377a02）不二，便一切皆同，沒有不包容的。
〔六十三·十方智者〕（0377a03）十方的智者，都入於此宗。
〔六十四·宗非促延〕（0377a04）這宗既不是短促，也不是延長〔一念萬年萬年一念——一念就是萬年，萬年就是一念〕。
〔六十五·無在不在〕（0377a04）沒有一處不在，十方就在眼前。
〔六十六·極小同大〕（0377a05）極小同於極大，虛妄的境界便斷絕了。
〔六十七·極大同小〕（0377a06）極大同於極小，看不見邊際與表相。
〔六十八·有即是無〕（0377a06）有就是無，無就是有。
〔六十九·若不如是〕（0377a07）若不是這樣，就一定不必守著。
〔七十·一即一切〕（0377a08）一就是一切，一切就是一。
〔七十一·但能如是〕（0377a08）只要能夠這樣，何愁不能了畢？
〔七十二·信心不二〕（0377a09）信心不二，不二就是信心。
〔七十三·言語道斷〕（0377a10）言語之道斷絕，它不屬於過去，不屬於未來，也不屬於現在。
The Inscription on Faith in Mind, T48n2010, complete, from “The ultimate Way is not difficult” to “not past, future, or present”: one hundred and forty-seven four-character lines (counting the eight interlinear characters), set in paired lines as seventy-three couplets. One couplet to a segment, rendered line by line. The figures (…) at the head of each segment give the Taishō page, register, and line.
〔0 · Title〕（0376b18）“Inscription on Faith in Mind”—this is an inscription that takes “faith in mind” as its title. At the end of the piece it closes with “Here ends the Inscription on Faith in Mind,” marking that the whole inscription finishes there.
〔1 · The ultimate Way is not difficult〕（0376b20）The ultimate Way is not difficult at all; the one thing it shuns is picking and choosing.
〔2 · Only do not hate or love〕（0376b20）Only let no hate and love arise, and it is open through, without obstruction, bright and clear.
〔3 · A hair’s breadth of difference〕（0376b21）Yet if there is a difference of even a hair’s breadth, it is set far apart, like heaven from earth.
〔4 · If you want it to appear before you〕（0376b22）If you want it to appear right now before you, do not keep agreeable and contrary in the mind.
〔5 · Contrary and agreeable contend〕（0376b22）Contrary and agreeable contending with each other—this is precisely the mind’s sickness.
〔6 · Not knowing the profound purport〕（0376b23）Not recognizing the profound purport, even if thought after thought one seeks stillness, it is only labor in vain.
〔7 · Perfect as the great void〕（0376b24）It is as perfect as the great void of space, without the slightest lack and without the slightest excess.
〔8 · Truly it is because of taking and rejecting〕（0376b24）It is truly because there is taking and rejecting that one cannot be at one with it, as it is.
〔9 · Do not chase the conditions of being〕（0376b25）Do not go chasing the many conditions of being, and do not stop and dwell in an acceptance of emptiness.
〔10 · One kind, an even heart〕（0376b26）Meet everything with one and the same even heart, and all of it vanishes without a trace, used up of itself.
〔11 · Stop motion to return to stillness〕（0376b26）When you try to halt movement and return to stillness—stillness and movement set against each other—that stillness only moves all the more.
〔12 · Only stuck at the two extremes〕（0376b27）Only stuck at the two extremes, how would one know that one and the same even heart?
〔13 · When the one kind does not go through〕（0376b28）If this one kind is not gone through, both places lose their use.
〔14 · Dismiss being and sink into being〕（0376b28）Trying to dismiss being, one sinks into being instead; trying to follow emptiness, one turns away from emptiness instead.
〔15 · Many words, many thoughts〕（0376b29）The more words and the more thought, the less one is able to accord.
〔16 · Cut off words, cut off thought〕（0376c01）Cut off words, cut off thought, and there is not a single place it does not go through.
〔17 · Return to the root and gain the purport〕（0376c01）Return to the root, and you gain the purport; go chasing after what is illumined, and you lose the source.
〔18 · A moment’s turning back of the light〕（0376c02）Turn the light back for only a moment, and it surpasses the emptiness seen before.
〔19 · The former emptiness shifts and changes〕（0376c03）All the shifting and changing of that former emptiness come from deluded views.
〔20 · No need to seek the true〕（0376c03）There is no need to go seeking the true; only let views cease.
〔21 · Do not abide in the two views〕（0376c04）Do not abide in either of the two opposed views; take great care not to go pursuing them.
〔22 · The moment there is right and wrong〕（0376c05）The moment there is right and wrong, all is in confusion, and the mind is lost.
〔23 · Two exists because of one〕（0376c05）Two exists because of one; do not keep even this one.
〔24 · When the one mind does not arise〕（0376c06）So long as the one mind does not arise, the myriad dharmas are without fault.
〔25 · No fault, no dharma〕（0376c07）With no fault, there is no dharma either; not arising, it is no longer a mind at all.
〔26 · The knower perishes with the object〕（0376c07）The knowing side perishes along with the object, and the object sinks along with the knowing side.
〔27 · The object is object because of the knower〕（0376c08）The object is an object only because there is a knower; the knower is a knower only because there is an object.
〔28 · If you would know the two segments〕（0376c09）If you want to know these two segments, they were originally one and the same emptiness.
〔29 · One emptiness, the same as the two〕（0376c09）This one emptiness is the same as the two, and holds the myriad images alike, evenly.
〔30 · Seeing neither fine nor coarse〕（0376c10）When one does not see a division into fine and coarse, how could there still be partiality or taking sides?
〔31 · The great Way is wide in body〕（0376c11）The body of the great Way is broad and wide; it is neither easy nor difficult.
〔32 · Narrow views and fox-doubt〕（0376c11）People of narrow views doubt like a fox and cannot settle; the more hurried they are, the slower they become.
〔33 · Grasp it and lose the measure〕（0376c12）Grasp at it, and the measure is lost; the mind enters a crooked path.
〔34 · Let it go and it is natural〕（0376c13）Let it go, and it is natural; its body neither goes anywhere nor stays anywhere.
〔35 · Let the nature be, and it accords with the Way〕（0376c13）Let the nature be, as it is, and you accord with the Way, at ease and free, with troubles cut off.
〔36 · Binding thought goes against the true〕（0376c14）Tying thought down goes against the true; sinking into dullness is no good either.
〔37 · No good is the laboring of the spirit〕（0376c15）What is no good is laboring the spirit; and what use is it to divide distant from near?
〔38 · If you would go toward the one vehicle〕（0376c15）If you want to go toward the one vehicle, do not hate the six sense-objects.
〔39 · With the six sense-objects not hated〕（0376c16）Not hating the six sense-objects, one is, on the contrary, the same as right awakening.
〔40 · The wise practice non-doing〕（0376c17）The wise practice non-doing, making nothing; the foolish bind themselves with their own hands.
〔41 · Dharma has no other dharma〕（0376c17）Dharma has no other, different dharma; it is oneself who, deluded, loves and clings.
〔42 · To take the mind and use the mind〕（0376c18）To take the mind and use it upon the mind—is that not a great error?
〔43 · In delusion, quiet and disorder arise〕（0376c19）In delusion, quiet and disorder arise; in awakening, there is no liking or disliking.
〔44 · Every pair of extremes〕（0376c19）All the paired extremes that stand against each other are measured out by oneself, in delusion.
〔45 · Dream, illusion, flowers in the sky〕（0376c20）Like a dream, like an illusion, like flowers in the sky—why labor to grasp them?
〔46 · Gain and loss, right and wrong〕（0376c21）Gain and loss, right and wrong: let them all go at once.
〔47 · If the eyes do not sleep〕（0376c21）If the eyes do not sleep, the many dreams are gone of themselves.
〔48 · If the mind does not differ〕（0376c22）If the mind raises no difference, the myriad dharmas are one suchness.
〔49 · One suchness, profound in body〕（0376c23）The body of one suchness is profound; it stands unmoving, and conditions are forgotten.
〔50 · See the myriad dharmas alike〕（0376c23）See the myriad dharmas evenly, alike, and one returns to the natural.
〔51 · Erase the wherefore〕（0376c24）Even the reason why it is so is erased, and there is nothing left that it could be compared to.
〔52 · Still the moving and there is no moving〕（0376c25）Still the movement, and there is no movement left; move the stillness, and there is no stillness left.
〔53 · Since the two do not stand〕（0376c25）Since the two cannot stand, how could there be a one?
〔54 · At the ultimate limit〕（0376c26）Arrived at the ultimate, at the furthest limit, no rule of any kind remains.
〔55 · Open the mind to evenness〕（0376c27）Open this mind, and everything is even; all that is done comes to rest.
〔56 · When fox-doubt is wholly cleansed〕（0376c27）When fox-doubt is wholly cleansed away, right faith is gentle and straight.
〔57 · Nothing at all is kept〕（0376c28）Nothing at all is kept; there is nothing that could be remembered.
〔58 · Empty and luminous of itself〕（0376c29）Empty, numinous, and bright, natural of itself, it does not labor the mind’s strength.
〔59 · Not a place for thinking〕（0376c29）This is not a place thinking can reach; consciousness and feeling can hardly gauge it.
〔60 · Suchness, the dharma-realm〕（0377a01）Within suchness, the dharma-realm, there is no other and no self.
〔61 · If you would accord quickly〕（0377a02）If you want to accord quickly, you can say only “not two.”
〔62 · Not two, all the same〕（0377a02）Not two: then all is the same, and there is nothing it does not contain.
〔63 · The wise of the ten directions〕（0377a03）The wise of the ten directions all enter this source.
〔64 · The source is neither brief nor long〕（0377a04）This source is neither brief nor long (interlinear note: “one thought, ten thousand years; ten thousand years, one thought”—a single thought is ten thousand years, and ten thousand years are a single thought).
〔65 · No place where it is not present〕（0377a04）There is no place where it is not present; the ten directions are right before your eyes.
〔66 · The smallest is the same as the great〕（0377a05）The smallest is the same as the greatest, and deluded bounds are cut off.
〔67 · The greatest is the same as the small〕（0377a06）The greatest is the same as the smallest; no edge or surface is seen.
〔68 · Being is nothing〕（0377a06）Being is nothing; nothing is being.
〔69 · If it is not thus〕（0377a07）If it is not like this, you certainly need not keep it.
〔70 · One is all〕（0377a08）One is all; all is one.
〔71 · If only you can be thus〕（0377a08）If only you can be like this, why worry that it will not be finished?
〔72 · Faith in mind is not two〕（0377a09）Faith in mind is not two; not two is faith in mind.
〔73 · The road of words is cut off〕（0377a10）The road of words is cut off; it belongs not to the past, not to the future, and not to the present.