Text Requesting That Seon Be Expounded請說禪文
祖師證傳心印。不嫌口印之兼開。衆生熏練性根。必自耳根之先受。敢披霞懇。佇聽玉音。恭惟某師丈下。逸翮橫天。脩鱗透網。大弨希用。雖機括之暫收。老手猶存。遇標的則輒發。矧國步方艱之會。是法王痛救之時。伏望許據高床。略開秘藏。當門劒下。截斷未兆之災。無孔笛中。吹出太平之曲。
The patriarchs, in handing down and attesting the seal of the mind, did not shrink from opening the seal of the mouth along with it, and living beings, in training and tempering the root of their nature, must first receive it by the ear. I venture to set forth my crimson sincerity and await the hearing of your jade-like voice.
Respectfully I consider that his reverence So-and-so crosses the heavens on splendid wings and breaks through the net with his long scales. A great bow is seldom used, and though you have for a while put away the notch of the string, your seasoned skill remains, and when you meet a target you shoot at once.
How much more so when the footing of the state is just now in difficulty — this is the very time when the Dharma King saves with an aching heart.
Prostrate, I pray that you will mount the high seat and open a little of your secret store; that beneath the sword before the gate you cut off the calamity that has not yet shown even a sign; and that from the flute without holes you blow forth the tune of great peace.