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# 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.53

筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.53

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986a.1.53)

上堂曰：「向時作麼生？奉時作麼生？功時作麼生？共功時作麼生？功功時作麼生？」僧問：「如何是向？」師曰：「喫飯時作麼生？」又曰：「得力須忘飽，休糧更不飢。」云：「如何是奉？」師曰：「背時作麼生？」又曰：「只知朱紫貴，孤負本來人。」云：「如何是功？」師曰：「放下钁頭時作麼生？」又曰：「撒手端然坐，白雲幽處閒。」云：「如何是共功？」師曰：「不得色。」又曰：「素粉難沈跡，長安不久居。」云：「如何是功功？」師曰：「不共。」又曰：「混然無諱處，此外更何求。」（偈頌至下記志）

> Ascending the hall, he said: "How is it when facing towards? How is it when serving? How is it when making effort? How is it when sharing effort? How is it when effort upon effort?" A monk asked: "What is facing towards?" The Master said: "How is it when eating rice?" He also said: "Having gained strength, one must forget satiety; ceasing provisions, one is no longer hungry." \[The monk\] said: "What is serving?" The Master said: "How is it when turning one's back?" He also said: "Only knowing the nobility of crimson and purple, you turn your back on the original person." \[The monk\] said: "What is effort?" The Master said: "How is it when laying down the mattock?" He also said: "Releasing one's hands and sitting upright, leisurely in the secluded place of white clouds." \[The monk\] said: "What is sharing effort?" The Master said: "Not obtaining form." He also said: "Plain powder can hardly submerge traces; in Chang'an one does not dwell for long." \[The monk\] said: "What is effort upon effort?" The Master said: "Not shared." He also said: "Blended completely with nowhere to conceal; beyond this, what more is there to seek?" (The verses are recorded below.)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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