瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.68

1.68

A monk asked, "When cold and heat arrive, how does one avoid them?"
The Master said, "Why not go to the place where there is neither cold nor heat?"
He said, "What is the place where there is neither cold nor heat?"
The Master said, "When it is cold, it freezes the Ācārya to death; when it is hot, it scorches the Ācārya to death." (Touzi Tong said, "Almost gone like that!" Langye Jiao said, "With me it is not so. What is the place where there is neither cold nor heat? Go into the monks' hall." Yunju Shun said, "Great and small Langye, acting with such an approach! This mountain monk is not so. What is the place where there is neither cold nor heat? In the three months of winter, face the warm fire; in the nine weeks of summer, catch the cool breeze." Baofeng Wen said, "Great assembly, if you can understand it, there is no harm in the roaming play of spiritual penetrations: everything conforms to the occasion, and cold and heat have nothing to do with it. If you do not understand, then just spend your winters and pass your summers amidst cold and heat." Shangfeng Cai said, "Dongshan's single phrase can be called host and guest intermingling, upright and crooked interpenetrating. Where do all of you avoid it nowadays? When there is nothing to do, walk around the mountain once. Let me ask all of you: do you understand or not?" Letan Zhun said, "When [acting] for people's sake, even ice is warm; when not [acting] for people's sake, even fire is cold.")