永嘉大師證道歌淺釋 (69)
宗亦通、說亦通，定慧圓明不滯空。
The Chan School mastered, the Teaching School mastered as well;
Samadhi perfected, wisdom radiant, and not stuck in emptiness.
那麼為什麼他宗也通了，說也通了呢？就因為他「定慧圓明」了；定也具足了，慧也具足
了。定慧圓明是怎麼樣才能定慧圓明？就是從持戒那兒來的。所以修道的人要是不持戒律
，那就好像什麼呢？就好像很好吃的東西，可是你裏邊摻上狗糞了，人人都不但不願意吃
，而且還都掩鼻而過；也可以說好像煮沙欲其成飯一樣的。所以修道的人必須要注重戒律
；你不持戒律那是誤己誤人，那是騙己也騙人。騙己，自己不能定慧圓明；騙人，令人不
生信心。
How is it that he can master the Chan School as well as the Teaching School? I
t is because his samadhi has been perfected and his wisdom is now radiating; h
is samadhi and wisdom are both perfected. How was he able to have his samadhi
perfected and wisdom radiating? By upholding the precepts. What are cultivator
s like if they do not uphold the precepts? They are like delicious food with d
og’s excrement added. Not only would nobody want to eat that, but everyone w
ould cover their noses and hurriedly walk by. It is also like cooking sand and
wishing to turn it into rice. So, cultivators must pay special attention to p
recepts. If you do not uphold the precepts, you are just fooling yourself as w
ell as others; cheating yourself as well as others. Cheating yourself, you wil
l never have perfect samadhi and radiating wisdom. Cheating others, you’ll ma
ke them lose faith in the Dharma.
所以「定慧圓明」「不滯空」﹕滯空就是停留在空上了，停留在空理上，在那兒欲進不進
、欲退不退，這叫踟躕不前；往後也不是往後，就徘徊在歧路之間，那就滯空了。滯空，
就得到一點點的空理，在這兒不往前去進步了，停留在那空的理上，這叫滯空。
“Samadhi perfected, wisdom radiant, and not stuck in emptiness:” To be “stu
ck in emptiness” is to linger in emptiness, entrenching yourself in emptiness
, and stopping there, unable to advance or to retreat. That is called failing
to be decisive and lacking the courage to progress. You are not retreating, bu
t wandering about at a crossroad