太上老君說常清靜經Sutra of Pure and Calm(中英文)
Sutra of Pure and Calm
太上老君說常清靜經
By Lao-Zi（老子）
Great repectable old Master Lao-Zi says:
the majestic Dao has no shape,
but it gives birth to heaven and earth;
the majestic Dao has no desire, but it moves moon and stars; the majestic Dao has no will,
but it rises myriad of objects. I don't know its name,
just give it a firm name Dao.
I say Dao: some pure and some cloudy (turbid),
some active and some calm; heaven is pureand earth is cloudy (turbid),
heaven is active and earth is calm;
yang is pure and yin is turbid, yang is active
and yin is calm. It creates the principle, sets theappearance, and gives birth to myriad of objects.
Purity derives from the source of turbidness,
active is the base of calmness. If one can often be inthe state of purity and calmness,
all Chi from heaven and earth will retain inside his realnature.
The spirit of man wants to be pure, but the heartdisturbs it; the heart of man wants to be calm, but desire pulls it. If one cancontinuously eliminating his desire, the heart will be calm by itself; tosettle his heart, the spirit will become pure by itself;
naturally sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and feel,these six senses of desire will not arise, thus greed, andger, and infatuation, these spiritualpoisons will vanish.
For ones not able to reach this state, is because theirheart are not settled,
and desires not yet eliminated.
老君曰：大道無形，生育天地；大道無情，運行日月；大道無名，長養萬物；吾不知其名，強名曰道。夫道者：有清有濁，有動有靜；天清地濁，天動地靜。男清女濁，男動女靜。降本流末，而生萬物。清者濁之源，動者靜之基。人能常清靜，天地悉皆歸。夫人神好清，而心擾之；人心好靜，而欲牽之。常能遣其欲，而心自靜，澄其心而神自清。自然六慾不生，三毒消滅。所以不能者，為心未澄，欲未遣也。
For ones able to eliminate desires, when
look into their hearts,
there is no thought to arise;when they see objects,
there is not shape to describe; when they
view faraway environment, there is nothing to see;
since these three exist no more,
only true self to be seen. If one sees emptiness withoutthe thought of such emptiness,
will take such emptiness to its extreme;
if extreme emptiness exist no more,
the effort to take emptiness to extreme does not existalso;
since such effort exist no more, the
heart will always stay very quiet; if one
takes quietness to its extreme, then how
can desire to be arise? whence desire
would not arise, it reaches the state of
real calmenss. Eternal truth copes with
true value, eternal truth obtains
virtuosity, often coping and often be
calm, will often be in the state of
purity and calmness.
With such state of purtiy and calmness,
one will gradually obtain deeper true
Dao; since one has entered true Dao, can
say one has achieved the realm of Dao.
Although it seemed the realm of Dao has
been achieved, actually nothing has
gained; only for people concentrate in
saving all souls, can say one has
achieved the true realm of Dao; for ones
that underrstand this principle, can
preach such sacred Dao.
能遣之者，內觀其心，心無其心；外觀其形，形無其形；遠觀其物，物無其物。三者既悟，唯見於空；觀空亦空，空無所空；所空既無，無無亦無；無無既無，湛然常寂；寂無所寂，欲豈能生？欲既不生，即是真靜。真常應物，真常得性；常應常靜，常清靜矣。如此清靜，漸入真道；既入真道，名為得道，雖名得道，實無所得；為化眾生，名為得道；能悟之者，可傳聖道。
Great respectable old master Lao-Zi said:
high virtuous people have nothing to
fight for, but low virtuous people like
to fight; virtuous people do not care
much about their virtuous actions, only
low virtuous people care about their
virtuous actions; ，the ones thatpersist
in their virtuosity do not understand the
true meaning of Dao.
The reason for ones unable to reach the
realm of true Dao, is because they have
false fantasies; with such false
fantasies, the soul will be disturbed;
with disturbed soul, one only have worldy
objects in mind;， with thoughtson worldly
objects, greed arise; with greed arise,
there comes vexation; vexation and false
fantasies agonize body and soul, thus
will be degraded and aggrieved; wondering
within the reincarnation cyle of birth
and death, always floating on the ocean
of bitterness, forever apart from the
realm of true Dao.
Etrnal truth is the principle of Dao, the
enlightened ones will eventually achieve
it, the enlightened ones that have
achieve the realm of Dao,often in the
state of purity and calmness.
老君曰：上士無爭，下士好爭；上德不德，下德執德。執著之者，不名道德。眾生所以不得真道者，為有妄心。既有妄心，即驚其神；既驚其神，即著萬物；既著萬物，即生貪求；即生貪求，即是煩惱。煩惱妄想，憂苦身心。但遭濁辱。流浪生死，常沈苦海，永失真道。真常之道，悟者自得，得悟道者，常清靜矣。
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