袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.15

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師臥次，夢入彌勒內院眾堂中，諸位皆足，惟第二位空，師遂就座。有一尊者白槌云：「今當第二座說法。」師起，白槌云：「摩訶衍法離四句、絕百非，諦聽諦聽。」眾皆散去。及覺，舉似溈山，溈山云：「子已入聖位。」師便禮拜。（溈山秀云：「依文解義即不無。忽然彌勒會中有箇作者，纔見伊道摩訶衍法，便云：『合取兩片皮。』非唯止絕仰山寐語，亦免使後人夢中說夢。」瑯琊覺云：「且道聖眾是肯仰山、是不肯仰山？若肯，又孤負仰山；若不肯，仰山猶如平地喫交。山僧今日不惜眉毛，與諸人說破：摩訶衍法離四句、絕百非。爾若舉似諸方，諸方恁麼會，入地獄如箭射。」東禪觀云：「尊者白椎，聖眾便散，不妨使人疑著，却待第二杓惡水潑了，方始惺惺遲也。且如摩訶衍法離四句絕百非，道已道了，諸人還識仰山麼？」）

While the Master was lying down, he dreamed that he entered the assembly hall of Maitreya's Inner Court. All the seats were filled, with only the second seat empty; the Master thereupon took that seat. A venerable one struck the mallet and said, "Today it is the turn of the second seat to preach the Dharma." The Master arose, struck the mallet, and said, "The Mahāyāna Dharma is free from the four propositions and cut off from the hundred negations. Listen attentively, listen attentively!" The assembly all dispersed. When he awoke, he recounted it to Guishan. Guishan said, "You have already entered the noble stage." The Master then made a prostration. (Guishan Xiu said, "Interpreting the meaning according to the text is not absent. If someone capable in Maitreya's assembly had, as soon as he saw him say 'Mahāyāna Dharma,' immediately said, 'Shut your two lips!'—not only would this have stopped Yangshan's sleep-talk, but it would also have spared people of later times from telling dreams within a dream." Langye Jue said, "Tell me, did the noble assembly approve of Yangshan or not? If they approved, they failed Yangshan; if they did not approve, Yangshan was like someone stumbling on flat ground. Today this mountain monk does not spare his eyebrows and lays it bare for you all: the Mahāyāna Dharma is free from the four propositions and cut off from the hundred negations. If you recount this to the various quarters and they understand it like this, entering hell will be as swift as a shot arrow." Dongchan Guan said, "When the venerable one struck the mallet, the noble assembly immediately dispersed; this might well make people doubt. But waiting until a second ladle of dirty water is splashed before starting to become sober is already too late. As for 'the Mahāyāna Dharma is free from the four propositions and cut off from the hundred negations'—the words have already been spoken; do you still recognize Yangshan?")