瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.105

1.105

師上堂云：「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？」師云：「喫飯時作麼生？」云：「如何是奉？」師云：「背時作麼生？」云：「如何是功？」師云：「放下钁頭時作麼生？」云：「如何是共功？」師云：「不得色。」云：「如何是功功？」師云：「不共。」乃示頌云：「聖主由來法帝堯，御人以禮曲龍腰，有時鬧市頭邊過，到處文明賀聖朝。淨洗濃粧為阿誰？子規聲裏勸人歸，百花落盡啼無盡，更向亂峰深處啼。枯木花開劫外春，倒騎玉象趁麒麟，而今高隱千峰外，月皎風清好日辰。眾生諸佛不相侵，山自高兮水自深，萬別千差明底事，鷓鴣啼處百花新。頭角纔生已不堪，擬心求佛好羞慚，迢迢空劫無人識，肯向南詢五十三。」

The Master ascended the hall and said, "How is it at the time of turning toward? How is it at the time of serving? How is it at the time of merit? How is it at the time of shared merit? How is it at the time of merit beyond merit?" A monk asked, "What is turning toward?" The Master said, "How is it when eating rice?" The monk said, "What is serving?" The Master said, "How is it when turning the back?" The monk said, "What is merit?" The Master said, "How is it when laying down the hoe?" The monk said, "What is shared merit?" The Master said, "Not attaining visible form." The monk said, "What is merit beyond merit?" The Master said, "Not shared." Thereupon he presented verses, saying: / The sagely sovereign originally modeled himself on Emperor Yao, / Ruling the people with propriety, bending the dragon waist; / Sometimes passing through the bustling market crossroads, / Everywhere culture shines, congratulating the sagely court. / For whom is the heavy makeup washed clean? / Amidst the cry of the cuckoo, people are urged to return; / The hundred flowers have all fallen yet the crying never ends, / Crying still further into the depths of tangled peaks. / A withered tree blossoms in a spring beyond kalpas, / Riding a jade elephant backward to chase the qilin; / Now hidden high beyond a thousand peaks, / The moon is bright, the breeze clear—a fine day and season. / Sattvas and all Buddhas do not encroach upon each other; / The mountains are naturally high, the waters naturally deep; / The myriad differences and thousand distinctions clarify this matter; / Where the partridge cries, the hundred flowers are fresh. / Once horns just begin to grow, it is already intolerable; / Conceiving the intention to seek Buddhahood brings great shame; / Throughout the vast and distant empty kalpas no one recognizes it, / How could it turn southward to inquire of the fifty-three?