Going in the Morning to the Master's Monastery to Read Buddhist Sutras
晨詣超師院讀禪經 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Going in the Morning to the Master's Monastery to Read Buddhist Sutras
Draw cold water, rinse the teeth, and clear the mind, brushing dust from the robe.
Holding a palm-leaf scripture, I stroll out to the eastern pavilion to read.
The true source—there is nothing to grasp; false traces are what the world pursues.
The words of the ancients—can they be fathomed in silence? How then can the nature be refined to maturity?
The monk's courtyard is still; moss-green connects with deep bamboo.
The sun rises, mist and dew disperse; the green pines gleam as if freshly bathed.
Quietly, words fall away—awakened, the heart is at peace, fully content.
晨詣超師院讀禪經
汲井嗽寒齒，清心拂塵服。
閒持貝葉書，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。
日出霧露餘，青松如膏沐。
澹然離言說，悟悅心自足。