雲門匡真禪師廣錄 1.7

1.7

師云：「莫道今日瞞諸人好。抑不得已，向諸人前作一場狼藉，忽被明眼人見，成一場笑具，如今避不得也。且問汝諸人，從來有什麼事？欠少什麼？向汝道無事，已是相埋沒也。須到者箇田地始得。亦莫趁口亂問，自己心裏黑漫漫地，明朝後日大有事在。爾若根思遲迴，且向古人建化門庭東覷西覷，看是什麼道理。爾欲得會麼？都緣是汝自家無量劫來妄想濃厚，一期聞人說著，便生疑心，問佛問法，問向上問向下，求覓解會，轉沒交涉。擬心即差，況復有言。莫是不擬心是麼？更有什麼事！珍重。」

The Master said: "Do not say it is fine to deceive you people today. Forced by necessity, I have made a mess before you all; if a person with clear eyes were suddenly to see it, it would become a laughingstock. Now it cannot be avoided. But let me ask you people: from the beginning, what matter has there been? What do you lack? To say to you that there is nothing the matter is already burying you. You must reach this realm before you can attain it. Do not just open your mouth and ask rashly while your own mind is pitch dark; tomorrow and the day after, there will be big trouble. If your faculty of thought is sluggish, then for now look east and look west in the ancient ones' house styles of establishing and transforming, to see what principle it is. Do you want to understand? It is entirely because your own delusive thoughts since beginningless kalpas have been thick and heavy; once you hear someone speak of it, you immediately give rise to doubts, asking about Buddha, asking about Dharma, asking about what is above, asking about what is below, seeking an understanding, which is all the more irrelevant. When you intend [with your] mind, you immediately err; how much more so when there are words! Could it be that having no intention of mind is it? What further matter is there? Take care."