兜率降生,双林示灭。
掘地讨天,虚空钉橛。
四十九年,播土扬尘。
三百余会,纳尽败缺。
尽力布网张罗,未免唤龟作鼈。
末后拘尸城畔,椁示双趺。
旁人冷眼,看来大似弄巧成拙。
兜率降生,双林示灭。
掘地讨天,虚空钉橛。
四十九年,播土扬尘。
三百余会,纳尽败缺。
尽力布网张罗,未免唤龟作鼈。
末后拘尸城畔,椁示双趺。
旁人冷眼,看来大似弄巧成拙。
从兜率天降生,
在双树林示现涅槃。
掘地求天,徒劳无功,
向虚空钉橛,无所获。
四十九年间,
播土扬尘。
三百余次法会,
收尽种种缺失。
尽力布下罗网,
仍不免指龟为鳖。
最后在拘尸那城边,
棺椁中显示双足。
旁人冷眼旁观,
看来大似弄巧成拙。
Descended from Tusita Heaven,
In the twin groves he showed his end.
Digging earth to seek the sky, a vain endeavor,
Driving pegs into the void, no gain to tend.
For forty-nine years,
He stirred up dust and soil.
In over three hundred assemblies,
He gathered all flaws and toil.
He spread his nets with utmost might,
Yet still mistook a turtle for a turtle's kind, slight.
Finally by Kusinagara's side,
His coffin showed twin feet, a sign.
Bystanders with a cold eye spied,
It seemed like cleverness turned to a design malign.
降生与示灭勾勒出生命周期的完整图景。
简述佛陀降生与涅槃,蕴含生死周期之理。
本诗为杂言(偈颂体),押平声韵。
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