撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 1.26

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紙衣道者來參，師問：「莫是紙衣道者否？」云：「不敢。」師曰：「如何是紙衣下事？」道者云：「一裘纔挂體，萬法悉皆如。」師曰：「如何是紙衣下用？」道者近前應諾，便立脫。師曰：「汝秖解恁麼去，何不解恁麼來。」道者忽開眼問云：「一靈真性，不假胞胎時如何？」師曰：「未是妙。」道者云：「如何是妙？」師曰：「不借借。」道者珍重便化。師示頌曰：「覺性圓明無相身，莫將知見妄疎親，念異便於玄體昧，心差不與道為隣。情分萬法沈前境，識鑒多端喪本真，如是句中全曉會，了然無事昔時人。」

The paper-robe practitioner came to call on him. The Master asked, "Are you not the paper-robe practitioner?" He said, "I would not dare [claim so]." The Master said, "What is the matter under the paper robe?" The practitioner said, "As soon as a single robe is hung upon the body, the ten thousand dharmas are all as such." The Master said, "What is the function under the paper robe?" The practitioner came forward, gave an assent, and immediately shed his body while standing. The Master said, "You only understand how to go like this; why do you not understand how to come like this?" The practitioner suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "When the one numinous true nature does not rely on the womb, how is it?" The Master said, "That is not yet wondrous." The practitioner said, "What is wondrous?" The Master said, "Not borrowing borrowing." The practitioner took care and immediately passed away. The Master gave a verse, saying: / "The awakened nature is completely bright, a body without marks; / do not use understanding to falsely make it distant or intimate. / When a thought differs, one is immediately dark to the mysterious essence; / when the mind errs, it is not a neighbor to the Way. / Sentiments divide the ten thousand dharmas, sinking into external objects; / cognitive discernment has many facets, losing the original true nature. / If one fully understands within such phrases, / one is clearly a person of former times, with nothing to do."