Listen to this article《晨诣超师院读禅经》是唐代文学家柳宗元的作品。这是一首抒写感想的抒情诗。此诗写出晨读禅经的情景和感受，曲折地表达了埋藏在心底的抑郁之情，抒发了诗人的哲学见解。前半部写诗人到禅院读经，指责世人追逐的乃是那些荒诞的事情，而不去了解佛经的真正含义。后半部写他认为佛家的精义与儒家之道有相通之处，但如何修养本性，却难以精熟。然而，他对禅院的清静幽雅却流连玩赏。全诗描写了习禅的心境，以及深得禅趣那种轻松、愉悦、闲适的心态。
《晨诣超师院读禅经》 柳宗元
汲井漱寒齿，清心拂尘服。
闲持贝叶书，步出东斋读。
真源了无取，妄迹世所逐。
遗言冀可冥，缮性何由熟。
道人庭宇静，苔色连深竹。
日出雾露余，青松如膏沐。
淡然离言说，悟悦心自足。
An Early Morning Visit to the Buddhist Priest Chao to Read the Chan Scriptures
Liu Zongyuan
Drawing water from the well, I rinse my cold teeth,
Brushing my dusty gown, I purify my mind.
Quietly I open the Tree-Leaf Book of Sutra,
And reading, I leave the East Study behind.
Ignored are the true sources of this teaching,
So many a false track as many a stray.
There words promise bliss after Nirvana,
But how can I embark on the Only Way?
Quiet: here in the green of the priest’s courtyard,
The mosses blend with the thick bamboo, a strand
Of mist on the dewy sunbeams slumbers,
As if bathed in oil, so fresh the pines stand.
