Jul 5th, '09, 11:37
「忠」之真義
「忠」字由「中」和「心」組成,其含義本已顯明矣。
心之中為何物?大道是也。
《中庸》云:
喜怒哀樂之未發,謂之中。發而皆中節,謂之和。中也者,天下之大本也。和也者,天下之達道也。致中和,天地位焉,萬物育焉。
《中庸》又云:
天命之謂性;率性之謂道;修道之謂教。道也者,不可須臾離也;可離,非道也。
性者,心生之處也;見心源性海,即見道也。故《孟子·盡心上》云:
存其心,養其性,所以事天也。
《易經·系辭上傳》亦云:
成性存存,道義之門。
《大毗盧遮那成佛神變加持經》云:
若無勢力廣饒益,住法但觀菩提心。佛說此中具萬行,滿足清白純淨法。
《易經·說卦傳》云:
昔者聖人之作《易》也,幽贊於神明而生蓍,參天兩地而倚數,觀變於陰陽而立卦,發揮於剛柔而生爻,和順於道德而理於義,窮理盡性以至於命。
石杏林祖師《還源篇》云:
氣是形中命,心為性內神,能知神氣穴,即是得僊人。
《聖經·新約·馬太福音》云:
清心的人有福了,因為他們必得見神。
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8 KJV)
《聖經·舊約·詩篇》云:
誰能登耶和華的山。誰能站在他的聖所。就是手潔心清,不向虛妄,起誓不懷詭詐的人。
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. (Psalm 24:3-4 KJV)
《妙法蓮華經》云:
爾時世尊欲重宣此義,而說偈言:
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諸有修功德,柔和質直者,
則皆見我身,在此而說法
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若有深心者,清淨而質直,
多聞能總持,隨義解佛語,
如是諸人等,於此無有疑。
《維摩詰所說經》云:
直心是道場,無虛假故。
呂洞賓祖師《賜齊州李希遇詩》(全唐詩.卷858_32)云:
少飲欺心酒,休貪不義財。福因慈善得,禍向巧奸來。
張三豐祖師《玄要篇》云:
絕慮忘思赤子心,歸根復命僊人業。丹田溫暖返童顏,笑煞頑空頭似雪。
《聖經·新約·彼得前書》云:
你們既因順從真理,潔淨了自己的心,以致愛弟兄沒有虛假,就當從心裏彼此切實相愛。從心裏有古卷作。從清潔的心,你們蒙了重生,不是由於能壞的種子,乃是由於不能壞的種子,是藉著神、活潑常存的道。
"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." (1 Peter 1:22-23 KJV)
《聖經·新約·馬太福音》云:
不要為自己積攢財寶在地上,地上有蟲子咬,能鏽壞,也有賊挖窟窿來偷。衹要積攢財寶在天上,天上沒有蟲子咬,不能鏽壞,也沒有賊挖窟窿來偷。因為你的財寶在那裏,你的心也在那裏。
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Matthew 6:19-21 KJV)
陳楠祖師《翠虛篇·大道歌》云:
莫損心神須見道。
《黃庭內外玉景經》云:
心為國主五臟王
陳楠祖師《翠虛篇·紫庭經》云:
絳宮天子統乾乾,乾乾飛上九華天。
《地藏菩薩本願經·贊》云:
稽首本然淨心地,無盡佛藏大慈尊
陳楠祖師《翠虛篇·紫庭經》云:
心中自有無價珍。可以生我復死我,既能饑人亦飽人。
《博伽梵歌》中,至尊主說:
我是超靈,居於眾生心中。我就是時間。我是創造,也是毀滅。我是萬物之根基,是息止之地,是永恒的種子。
《大方廣佛華嚴經》云:
若人欲了知,三世一切佛,
應觀法界性,一切唯心造。
大數學家、計算機之父 Blaise Pascal 說過:
能感知神的是心而不是理智。被心,而不是被理智所感知的神,就是信仰所在。
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. (Blaise Pascal)
Blaise Pascal 又說:
無形的神居於每個人的心中。心不能容納任何後天之物,衹能容納創世之神。通過耶穌,我們能感知祂。
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus. (Blaise Pascal)
《道德經》云:
多言數窮,不如守中。
「誠」之真義
《孟子·離婁上》云:
誠者,天之道也;思誠者,人之道也。
《黃庭內外玉景經》云:
積功成煉非自然,是由精誠亦由專
薛道光祖師《還丹復命篇》云:
采取須教密,誠心辨醜妍。
崔希範祖師《入藥鏡》云:
但至誠,法自然。
張三豐祖師《玄要篇》云:
慧劍靈,內心誠,敲竹相通始鼓琴。
《後漢書·馬援列傳》云:
開心見誠,無所隱伏。
《黃庭內外玉景經》云:
心部之官蓮含華
淨土發願偈云:
願生西方淨土中,九品蓮華為父母。花開見佛悟無生,不退菩薩為伴侶。
《Zohar Vol12. Vayakhel 》云:
受祝福的是這宇嬤韉拿?.....願吾心向您的Torah(摩西五書)開啟,願這是您的意志......
Blessed be the name of the Master of the universe,......May it beYour will to open my heart to Your Torah......
至此,「忠」、「誠」之真義甚明矣!
Jul 5th, '09, 11:39
《佛學大辭典》【心蓮】:
(術語)顯教譬自性心之清淨,曰心蓮。密教謂肉團心之實形為心蓮。蓮華三昧經曰:「常住妙法心蓮臺。」大日經疏四曰:「凡人汗栗馱心,狀猶如蓮華合而未敷之像,有筋脈約之以成八分。」性靈集七曰:「真言大我本住心蓮,塵沙心數自居覺月。
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