瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.104

1.104

The Master composed verses on the Five Ranks of Lord and Vassal: / The crooked within the upright: / In the third watch at early night, before the moon shines bright; / Do not wonder that they meet without recognizing each other, / Concealed, they still harbor the former day's resentment. / The upright within the crooked: / An old woman waking past dawn encounters an ancient mirror; / Clearly face-to-face, there is no other reality, / Cease getting lost again about your head while still mistaking the reflection. / Coming from within the upright: / Within nothingness there is a path kept apart from the worldly dust; / If only one can avoid offending the taboo name of the current sovereign, / It still surpasses the tongue-severing talent of the former dynasty. / Arriving within the integrated: / When two blades cross points, there is no need to avoid them; / An adept is just like a lotus in fire, / Naturally possessing an aspiration that reaches to heaven. / Attaining within the integrated: / Falling into neither existence nor non-existence, who dares harmonize with it? / Everyone wishes to step out of the common flow, / Yet in the end they come back together to sit within the charcoal.