悟真直指
生滅頌

生滅頌

生滅頌

求生本自無生,畏滅何曾暫滅。眼見不如耳見,口說爭似鼻說。如來本性原是無生無滅的。強求生而畏滅者,何嘗生而不滅乎。有生即有滅,無生方無滅。因其本性無生無滅,故不可眼見,只可耳見,不可口說,只可鼻説。眼見口說者,有生有滅之性。耳見鼻說者,無生無滅之性。眼見口說的,皆不是性。耳見鼻說的,方纔是性。不見之見,方是真見。不說之說,勝於有說。葢這箇無生無滅的性,無頭無尾,無背無面,非有非無,不空不色,見箇甚麼,說箇甚麽。若能見能說,便不是真空本性了也。

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