Eigenji Temple: Deathbed Testament (detail)
Ink on paper
遺誡 寂室元光
日本
此卷是寂室元光晚年成熟之作。「寂室」之名乃中峰明本所賜法號。此卷為其入滅前之遺誡，訓勉門下弟子們應持續持戒精進修持，而於自己身後之遺事，亦應從簡。云：「汝等見余氣絕，急須收窆（即埋葬），切莫留遺骸以使人見之……。」皆見寂室元光之境界與關懷。一九六四年指定為日本重要文化財。
其寬綽的用筆略見顏真卿書風樣貌。由結字、筆勢看來，草法甚為精熟，可見其多用意書法藝術，整體老筆紛披而使轉自在，可以由其書而見其人，是寂室元光精善書作。
寂室元光為日本臨濟宗滋賀永源寺的開山祖師。十三歲出家，三十一歲至中國求法，拜謁中峰、古林、清拙等禪師，其中多受中峰禪師影響。歸國後，終其一生致力於禪法教化。
參考釋文：老拙如今世緣將盡因顧命／諸法屬等待余溘然之後宜／須林下晦迹火種刀耕圖終／一生也契經曰當離闠鬧獨／處閑居山間空澤云云是乃／吾佛最後慈訓寧可不／遵奉哉汝等各各精嚴勤／修庶不向袈裟之下失却／人身是余深所望于你輩／耶汝等見余氣絕急須收窆
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 67.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Eigenji Temple: Deathbed Testament." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 67.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Eigenji Temple: Deathbed Testament" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:67.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Eigenji Temple: Deathbed Testament. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 67).
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