金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.59

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上堂云：「諸上座，時寒，何用上來。且道，上來好，不上來好？或有上座道：『不上來却好。什麼處不是，更用上來作什麼？』更有上座道：『是伊也不得一向，又須到和尚處始得。』諸上座！且道，這兩箇人，於佛法中還有進趣也未？上座實是不得，並無少許進趣，古人喚作無孔鐵椎，生盲生聾無異。若更有上座出來道：『彼二人總不得。為什麼如此？為伊執著，所以不得。』諸上座！總似恁麼行脚，總似恁麼商量，且圖什麼？為復只要弄唇嘴，為復別有所圖？恐伊執著，且執著什麼？為復執著理，執著事，執著色，執著空？若是理，理且作麼生執？若是事，事且作麼生執？著色著空亦然。山僧所以尋常向諸上座道：十方諸佛、十方善知識時常垂手，諸上座時常接手。十方諸佛垂手時有也，什麼處是諸上座時常接手處？還有會處會取好。若未會得，莫道總是都來圓取。諸上座！傍家行脚，也須審諦著些精彩，莫只藉少智慧，過却時光。」

The master ascended the hall and said: "Sthaviras, the weather is cold; why must you come up here? Tell me: is it good to come up, or is it good not to come up? Some sthaviras might say: 'Not coming up is actually good. Where is not [the place], so what is the use of coming up again?' Other sthaviras might say: 'One cannot be one-sided like that; one must also come to the upādhyāya's place to get it.' Sthaviras! Tell me: have these two people made any progress in the Buddhadharma or not? Sthaviras, in truth neither has got it, having not the least bit of progress; the ancients called them iron hammers without holes, no different from those born blind or born deaf. If another sthavira were to come out and say: 'Neither of those two has got it. Why is it so? Because they are attached, therefore they have not got it.' Sthaviras! If all your itinerant pilgrimage is like this, and all your deliberations are like this, what are you seeking? Is it merely that you wish to wag your lips and tongue, or do you have something else in view? You fear that they are attached, but what are they attached to? Are they attached to principle, attached to phenomena, attached to form, or attached to emptiness? If it is principle, how is principle to be grasped? If it is phenomena, how are phenomena to be grasped? Attachment to form and attachment to emptiness are also like this. This is why this mountain monk usually says to you sthaviras: The buddhas of the ten directions and the kalyāṇamitras of the ten directions are constantly lowering their hands; you sthaviras are constantly receiving their hands. There is a time when the buddhas of the ten directions lower their hands; where is the place where you sthaviras constantly receive their hands? If there is something to understand, it is good to understand it. If you have not understood, do not say that all is completely and fully grasped. Sthaviras! When going on itinerant pilgrimage from place to place, you must also be thorough and summon some spirit; do not merely rely on a little wisdom and let the time pass away."