雲門匡真禪師廣錄 1.6

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師上堂，良久云：「夫唱道之機，固難諧剖，若也一言相契，猶是多途，況復刀刀，有何所益？然且教乘之中各有殊分，律為戒學、經為定學、論為慧學，三藏五乘、五時八教，各有所歸，然一乘圓頓也大難明。直下明得，與衲僧天地懸殊；若向衲僧門下句裏呈機，徒勞佇思。門庭敲磕，千差萬別；擬欲進步向前，過在尋他舌頭布路。從上來事合作麼生？向者裏道圓道頓得麼？者邊那邊得麼？莫錯會好。莫見與麼道，便向不圓不頓處卜度，者裏也須是箇人始得。莫將依師語、相似語、則度語，到處呈中，將為自己見解。莫錯會。秖如今有什麼事，對眾決擇看。」時有州主何公，禮拜問曰：「弟子請益。」師云：「目前無異草。」有官問：「佛法如水中月，是不？」師云：「清波無透路。」進云：「和尚從何得？」師云：「再問復何來？」進云：「正與麼時如何？」師云：「重疊關山路。」有官問：「千子圍繞，何者為的？」師云：「化下住持，已奉來問。」問：「今日開筵，將何指教？」師云：「來風深辨。」進云：「莫秖者便是麼？」師云：「錯。」問：「從上古德以心傳心，今日請師，將何施設？」師云：「有問有答。」進云：「與麼則不虛施設也。」師云：「不問不答。」問：「凡有言句皆是錯。如何是不錯？」師云：「當風一句，起自何來？」進云：「莫秖者便是也無？」師云：「莫錯。」問：「如何是啐啄之機？」師云：「響。」進云：「還應也無？」師云：「且緩緩。」問：「如何是學人的的事？」師云：「痛領一問。」問：「如何是教外別傳一句？」師云：「對眾問將來。」

The Master ascended the hall. After a long silence, he said: "The dynamic of proclaiming the Way is truly difficult to explain and untangle. Even if a single word hits the mark, it is still roundabout; how much less beneficial is continuous chattering? However, within the doctrinal vehicles there are distinct divisions: the vinaya is the study of morality, the sūtras are the study of meditation, and the śāstras are the study of wisdom. The three divisions of the canon and the five vehicles, the five periods and eight teachings—each has its proper place. Yet the single vehicle of the complete and sudden is also extremely difficult to understand. If you understand it directly, you are still separated from patch-robed monks as heaven is from earth. If you present your potential within phrases under the gate of patch-robed monks, you will waste your effort waiting and pondering. The knockings and clashings of the house style are manifold and varied; if you intend to take a step forward, your fault lies in seeking another's tongue to lay out a road. How should the matter handed down from above be handled? Can you speak of the complete or speak of the sudden here? Can you speak of this side or that side? You had better not misunderstand! Do not, seeing me speak like this, then go and speculate about what is not complete and not sudden. Here, you must be the right person before you can attain it. Do not take words relying on teachers, similar words, and conjecture words, and present them everywhere, taking them to be your own understanding. Do not misunderstand! Right now, what matter is there? Let us investigate and determine it before the assembly." At that time, Prefect He bowed and asked, "This disciple requests instruction." The Master said, "Before your eyes there is no unusual grass." An official asked, "Is the Buddhadharma like the moon in the water, or not?" The Master said, "Clear waves have no penetrating path." He advanced and asked, "From where did the Upādhyāya attain it?" The Master said, "Where does your asking again come from?" He advanced and asked, "What about precisely at such a time?" The Master said, "Layer upon layer of passes and mountain roads." An official asked, "When a thousand sons surround you, which one is the target?" The Master said, "The abbot who transforms has already received your question." A monk asked, "Today you open the banquet; with what will you instruct us?" The Master said, "Deeply discern the incoming wind." He advanced and asked, "Could it be just this?" The Master said, "Wrong." A monk asked, "The ancient worthies from above transmitted mind with mind. Today we invite the Master; what provision will you set up?" The Master said, "There is a question and there is an answer." He advanced and asked, "If so, then the provision is not in vain." The Master said, "No question, no answer." A monk asked, "Whenever there are words and phrases, all are errors. What is not an error?" The Master said, "A phrase facing the wind—from where does it arise?" He advanced and asked, "Could it be just this, or not?" The Master said, "Do not be mistaken." A monk asked, "What is the dynamic of pecking [from inside] and tapping [from outside]?" The Master said, "An echo." He advanced and asked, "Does it still respond or not?" The Master said, "Just go slowly." A monk asked, "What is the student's own matter?" The Master said, "I keenly receive your question." A monk asked, "What is the single phrase of the separate transmission outside the teachings?" The Master said, "Ask it before the assembly."