撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 1.15

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師因僧問五位君臣旨訣，師曰：「正位即空界，本來無物。偏位即色界，有萬象形。正中偏者，背理就事。偏中正者，舍事入理。兼帶者，冥應眾緣，不墮諸有，非染非淨，非正非偏，故曰虛玄大道，無著真宗。從上先德，推此一位，最妙最玄，當詳審辯明。君為正位，臣為偏位，臣向君是偏中正，君視臣是正中偏，君臣道合是兼帶語。」僧問：「如何是君？」師曰：「妙德尊寰宇，高明朗太虛。」云：「如何是臣？」師曰：「靈機弘聖道，真智利群生。」云：「如何是臣向君？」師曰：「不墮諸異趣，凝情望聖容。」云：「如何是君視臣？」師曰：「妙容雖不動。光燭本無偏。」云：「如何是君臣道合？」師曰：「混然無內外，和融上下平。」師又曰：「以君臣偏正言者，不欲犯中，故臣稱君，不敢斥言是也，此吾法宗要。」乃作偈曰：「學者先須識自宗，莫將真際雜頑空，妙明體盡知傷觸，力在逢緣不借中，出語直教燒不著，潛行須與古人同，無身有事超岐路，無事無身落始終。」復作五相，偈曰：「白衣須拜相，此事不為奇，積代簪纓者，休言落鼻時。」偈曰：「子時當正位，明正在君臣，未離兜率界，烏雞雪上行。」○偈曰：「焰裏寒氷結，楊花九月飛，泥牛吼水面，木馬逐風嘶。」○偈曰：「王宮初降日，玉兔不能離，未得無功旨，人天何太遲。」●偈曰：「渾然藏理事，朕兆卒離明，威音王未曉，彌勒豈惺惺。」

Because a monk asked about the secret instructions on the five ranks of lord and vassal, the Master said: 'The correct rank is the realm of emptiness; originally there is not a single thing. The biased rank is the realm of form; there are the shapes of the myriad phenomena. The biased within the correct is turning the back on principle and approaching phenomena. The correct within the biased is abandoning phenomena and entering principle. Integration is secretly responding to myriad conditions without falling into various existences, neither defiled nor pure, neither correct nor biased; therefore it is called the empty and mysterious Great Way, the unattached true school. The former worthies of the past promoted this one rank as the most wondrous and most profound; you should examine and distinguish it clearly. The lord is the correct rank; the vassal is the biased rank. The vassal facing the lord is the correct within the biased. The lord looking at the vassal is the biased within the correct. The merging of the ways of lord and vassal is the expression of integration.' The monk asked, 'What is the lord?' The Master said, 'Wondrous virtue is revered throughout the realm; / Loftiness and brightness illuminate the Great Void.' The monk said, 'What is the vassal?' The Master said, 'The spiritual pivot magnifies the sacred Way; / True wisdom benefits the multitude of beings.' The monk said, 'What is the vassal facing the lord?' The Master said, 'Not falling into various divergent destinies, / With concentrated feeling one looks toward the sacred countenance.' The monk said, 'What is the lord looking at the vassal?' The Master said, 'Although the wondrous countenance does not stir, / Its light illuminates without any bias.' The monk said, 'What is the merging of the ways of lord and vassal?' The Master said, 'Merged without inside or outside, / Harmoniously blended, high and low are equal.' The Master also said: 'Speaking in terms of lord and vassal, biased and correct, is because one does not wish to encroach upon the center; thus the vassal refers to the lord without daring to address him directly—this is it. This is the cardinal essential of our Dharma.' He then composed a verse, saying: 'Students must first recognise their own lineage, / Do not mix the true limit with inert voidness. / When the wondrous and bright essence is exhausted, know the wounding touch; / The power lies in meeting conditions without borrowing. / Let your uttered words be such that fire cannot burn them; / Your hidden practice must be identical to that of the ancients. / Without body yet having phenomena, one transcends divergent paths; / Having neither phenomena nor body, one falls into beginning and end.' He again composed verses on the five marks, saying: 'A commoner must be appointed prime minister— / This matter is not considered extraordinary. / As for those with generations of hairpin and tassel, / Cease speaking of the time when their noses fall off.' A verse says: 'The midnight hour corresponds to the correct rank; / The clearly correct lies in lord and vassal. / Not yet having left the Tuṣita realm, / A black chicken walks on the snow.' [Rank] ○ Verse says: 'Within flames, cold ice freezes; / Willow catkins fly in the ninth month. / A mud ox roars over the surface of the water; / A wooden horse neighs following the wind.' [Rank] ○ Verse says: 'The day of first descending into the royal palace, / The jade rabbit cannot be left behind. / Not yet having attained the purport of non-effort, / Why are humans and devas so late?' [Rank] ● Verse says: 'Completely concealed are principle and phenomena; / Signs and omens abruptly separate and become clear. / King Bhīṣmagarjitasvararāja has not yet understood; / How could Maitreya be alert?'