真空妙有　林钰堂

空性无有形色
无可把捉、无从界限
故谓之“真空”
而圆遍一切法

虽不具特定形色
　 却能显万法各色各形
虽无可把捉、无从界限
　 却非绝无
　 而乃本有
故谓之“妙有”
但所显万法皆即本空

一般论因缘
　 似乎认定仅在万法之间
空性本有而起妙有之无尽作用
　 应视为超乎可界定之因缘的
　 根本因缘

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○八年五月二日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　于加州

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Genuine Blank but Wondrous Presence　Yutang Lin

Blank Essence has neither distinct color nor shape
Neither tangible nor delineable
Hence it is said as Genuine Blank
Yet it pervades all things

Even though without distinct color or shape
　　　　And yet capable of displaying colors and shapes of all things
Even though intangible and un-delineable
　　　　And yet it is not absolute void
　　　　But originally present
Hence it is said as Wondrous Presence
But all things it displayed are originally of Blank Essence

Ordinarily when causal conditions are mentioned
　　　　The tacit assumption is that they are only among things
Blank Essence as originally present
And yields boundless application of wondrous presence
This should be recognized as the Fundamental Causal Condition
　　　　That transcended the definable causal conditions

Written in Chinese and translated on May 2, 2008
El Cerrito, California

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