金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.33

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師後住清涼，上堂云：「出家人，但隨時及節便得，寒即寒，熱即熱，欲知佛性義，當觀時節因緣，古今方便不少。不見，石頭和尚，因看《肇論》云：『會萬物為已者，其唯聖人乎。』他家便道：『聖人無已，靡所不已。』有一片言語，喚作《參同契》，末上云：『竺土大仙心。無過此語也。』中間也祇隨時說話。上座！今欲會萬物為自己去，蓋為大地無一法可見。他又囑云：『光陰莫虛度。』適來向上座道，但隨時及節便得，若也移時失候，即是虛度光陰，於非色中作色解。上座！於非色中作色解，即是移時失候。且道，色作非色解，還當不當？上座！若恁麼會，便是沒交涉，正是癡狂兩頭走，有甚麼用處？上座！但守分隨時過好。珍重。」

Later the Master resided at Qingliang. He ascended the hall and said, "For those who have left home, simply according with the seasons and periods is enough: when it is cold, it is cold; when it is hot, it is hot. If you wish to know the meaning of Buddha-nature, you should observe the causes and conditions of the seasons and periods. Ancient and modern skillful means are not few. Have you not seen Upādhyāya Shitou, who, because of reading the Zhaolun where it says, 'He who integrates the myriad things as himself—is he not the sage alone?', immediately said, 'The sage has no self, yet there is nothing that is not himself.' There is a piece of text called the Can tong qi, which concludes by saying, 'The mind of the great sage of India—it does not go beyond these words.' In between, he was also just speaking according to the occasions. Sthaviras! Now you wish to integrate the myriad things into yourselves, because on the great earth there is not a single dharma to be seen. He also admonished, 'Do not pass the daylight in vain.' Just now I told you, sthaviras, that simply according with the seasons and periods is enough. If you shift the seasons and miss the periods, that is passing the daylight in vain, producing an understanding of form in what is non-form. Sthaviras! Producing an understanding of form in what is non-form is shifting the seasons and missing the periods. Tell me, is taking form as non-form appropriate or not? Sthaviras! If you understand it like this, there is no connection at all; it is precisely running frantically between two extremes—what use is there in it? Sthaviras! Simply keep to your lot and pass the time according with the seasons; that will be fine. Take care."