汾陽無德禪師語錄 1.60

1.60

僧問：「如何是不在天上底月？」師云：「照一問便喝。」問：「如何是長？」師云：「天高蓋不得。」「如何是短？」師云：「纖毫不礙真。」「不長不短時如何？」師云：「虛空無有障，四海盡知音。」「恁麼則省得學人一半。」師云：「不解一人出隻手。」「雖然未識初機句，且有當言辨衲僧。」師云：「心不負人，面無慚色。」「今日親聞行正令，千里持來未足能。」師云：「光漆郊社。」「乾坤已立人難測，此夕須知有變通。」師云：「時時獻芻草，犧牲莫辭勞。」「須知源脈異，萬古瀉無窮。」師云：「一言可以喪邦。」

A monk asked, "What is the moon that is not in the sky?" The Master said, "Having illuminated one inquiry, [I] then shout." [The monk] asked, "What is 'long'?" The Master said, "High Heaven cannot cover it." "What is 'short'?" The Master said, "A tiny hair does not obstruct the real." "What is it like when it is neither long nor short?" The Master said, "Empty space has no obstructions; the four seas all recognize the sound." "In that case, the student has understood half of it." The Master said, "One person does not understand to put out a single hand." [The monk said,] "Although I have not yet recognized the words for the initial capacity, still there are timely words to distinguish a patched-robe monk." The Master said, "The heart does not wrong others; the face shows no color of shame." [The monk said,] "Today I personally hear the correct decree carried out; bringing it from a thousand leagues was not yet sufficient ability." The Master said, "Light lacquers the suburban altars." [The monk said,] "Heaven and earth are already established, yet humans find them hard to fathom; on this evening one must know there is adaptability." The Master said, "Constantly offer up fodder and grass; do not begrudge toil for sacrificial offerings." [The monk said,] "One must know the source-stream is distinct, flowing inexhaustibly for myriad eons." The Master said, "A single word can ruin a nation."