汾陽無德禪師語錄 1.52

1.52

僧問：「親切處請師指示。」師云：「㖿。」「此意如何？」師云：「天牓樣。」問：「如何是正法眼？」師云：「已曾𭽬瞎。」「未審向上更有事也無？」師云：「有。」「如何是向上事？」師云：「撈天摸地。」問：「一燈未明時如何？」師云：「滅。」「滅後如何？」師云：「明。」「未審照燭事如何？」師云：「常燃無間斷，今古鎮長明。」問：「久響汾陽威勢全，略展金毛示眾看。」師云：「三日後露。」「恁麼則學人退身三步。」師云：「一月後再來。」問：「承古有言：『不居中道。不在二邊。』衲僧分上如何湊泊？」師云：「汝尋常在什麼處湊泊？」「今日全因此問。」師云：「灘頭頻舉棹，何曾不入泥？」「恁麼則大眾側聆，學人禮拜。」師云：「大眾已側聆，學人已禮拜，不用強推尋，知君解揑怪。還有揑怪底麼？出來與爾除怪。知怪不怪，其怪自壞。」復云：「諸上座！佛法不是這箇道理，只如祖師來，還有許多忉忉也無？當初二祖，只伸三拜，依位而立，且道得箇什麼道理，便紹祖位？還會麼？歸堂去。」

A monk asked, "Please point out for me, Master, the place of intimacy."
The Master said, "Yeah!"
"What is the meaning of this?"
The Master said, "The pattern of the imperial bulletin."
He asked, "What is the eye of the correct Dharma?"
The Master said, "It has already been poked blind."
"I wonder: is there still an affair beyond, or not?"
The Master said, "There is."
"What is the affair beyond?"
The Master said, "Groping heaven and feeling earth."
He asked, "How is it when the single lamp is not yet lit?"
The Master said, "Extinguished."
"How is it after it is extinguished?"
The Master said, "Bright."
"I wonder: how is it when illuminating?"
The Master said, "Constantly burning without interruption, from past to present perpetually bright."
He asked, "Having long resounded with Fenyang's full might and power, please unfold the golden fur a little for the assembly to see."
The Master said, "It will be revealed after three days."
"Then the student takes three steps back."
The Master said, "Come back again after a month."
He asked, "According to the ancients, it is said: 'It does not dwell in the middle way, nor does it abide in the two extremes.' From the perspective of a patch-robed monk, how does one dock?"
The Master said, "Where do you usually dock?"
"Today it is entirely on account of this question."
The Master said, "Frequently lifting the oar at the shoals—when has it not entered the mud?"
"Then the great assembly listens attentively, and the student bows."
The Master said, "The great assembly has already listened attentively, and the student has already bowed. There is no need to forcibly pursue it; I know you are able to contrive oddities. Is there anyone else contriving oddities? Come forward and I will dispel the oddities for you. When you know an oddity and are not alarmed, the oddity destroys itself."
He further said, "Venerable elders! The Buddha-Dharma is not this kind of reasoning. When the Ancestral Master came, was there this much chattering, or not? Originally the Second Ancestor merely offered three bows and stood in his place—tell me, what kind of principle did he attain that he thereupon succeeded to the ancestral seat? Do you understand? Return to the hall."