鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.53

1.53

問：「大通智勝佛十劫坐道場，佛法不現前，不得成佛道。未審此意如何？乞師指示。」師云：「大通者，是自己，於處處達其萬法無性、無相，名為大通。智勝者，於一切處不疑、不得一法，名為智勝。佛者，心清淨，光明透徹法界，得名為佛。十劫坐道場者，十波羅密是。佛法不現前者，佛本不生、法本不滅，云何更有現前？不得成佛道者，佛不應更作佛。古人云：『佛常在世間，而不染世間法。』道流！爾欲得作佛，莫隨萬物。心生種種法生、心滅種種法滅，一心不生，萬法無咎。世與出世，無佛、無法，亦不現前、亦不曾失。設有者，皆是名言章句，接引小兒施設藥病，表顯名句。且名句不自名句，還是爾目前昭昭靈靈鑒覺聞知照燭底，安一切名句。大德！造五無間業方得解脫。」

A monk asked, “‘The Buddha of Supreme Penetration and Surpassing Wisdom sat at the bodhimaṇḍa for ten kalpas, yet the Buddha-Dharma did not appear before him, and he could not achieve the Buddha Way.’ I do not yet understand the meaning of this; I beg the Master to instruct me.” The Master said, “‘Supreme Penetration’ is oneself: penetrating everywhere to the fact that the ten thousand dharmas have no nature and no marks is called Supreme Penetration. ‘Surpassing Wisdom’ means having no doubt anywhere and not attaining a single dharma; this is called Surpassing Wisdom. ‘Buddha’ means the mind is pure and its light penetrates the dharmadhātu; this gets the name ‘Buddha’. ‘Sitting at the bodhimaṇḍa for ten kalpas’ refers to the ten pāramitās. ‘The Buddha-Dharma did not appear before him’ means that the Buddha is originally unborn and the Dharma is originally unceasing; how could there be an appearing before him? ‘Could not achieve the Buddha Way’ means that a Buddha should not further become a Buddha. An ancient said: ‘The Buddha is constantly in the world, yet unstained by worldly dharmas.’ Followers of the Way! If you wish to become a Buddha, do not follow the ten thousand things. When the mind arises, various dharmas arise; when the mind ceases, various dharmas cease. When the single mind does not arise, the ten thousand dharmas are without fault. In the mundane and the supramundane, there is no Buddha and no Dharma; neither do they appear before you, nor have they ever been lost. Even if they exist, they are all names, words, chapters, and phrases, established to guide small children as medicine for an illness, manifesting names and phrases. Moreover, names and phrases are not names and phrases of themselves; it is this clearly luminous, discerning, perceiving, hearing, knowing, and illuminating one before you right now that establishes all names and phrases. Virtuous monks! Only by creating the five karmas of immediate retribution does one attain liberation.”