《晨詣超師院讀禪經(jīng)》是唐代文學(xué)家柳宗元的作品。這是一首抒寫感想的抒情詩。此詩寫出晨讀禪經(jīng)的情景和感受,曲折地表達了埋藏在心底的抑郁之情,抒發(fā)了詩人的哲學(xué)見解。前半部寫詩人到禪院讀經(jīng),指責(zé)世人追逐的乃是那些荒誕的事情,而不去了解佛經(jīng)的真正含義。后半部寫他認為佛家的精義與儒家之道有相通之處,但如何修養(yǎng)本性,卻難以精熟。然而,他對禪院的清靜幽雅卻流連玩賞。全詩描寫了習(xí)禪的心境,以及深得禪趣那種輕松、愉悅、閑適的心態(tài)。
《晨詣超師院讀禪經(jīng)》 柳宗元
汲井漱寒齒,清心拂塵服。
閑持貝葉書,步出東齋讀。
真源了無取,妄跡世所逐。
遺言冀可冥,繕性何由熟。
道人庭宇靜,苔色連深竹。
日出霧露余,青松如膏沐。
淡然離言說,悟悅心自足。
An Early Morning Visit to the Buddhist Priest Chao to Read the Chan Scriptures
Liu Zongyuan
Drawing water from the well, I rinse my cold teeth,
Brushing my dusty gown, I purify my mind.
Quietly I open the Tree-Leaf Book of Sutra,
And reading, I leave the East Study behind.
Ignored are the true sources of this teaching,
So many a false track as many a stray.
There words promise bliss after Nirvana,
But how can I embark on the Only Way?
Quiet: here in the green of the priest's courtyard,
The mosses blend with the thick bamboo, a strand
Of mist on the dewy sunbeams slumbers,
As if bathed in oil, so fresh the pines stand.