黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.20

1.20

師乃云：「有情之本，依智海以為源；含識之流，總法身而為體。只為情生智隔，於日用而不知；想變體殊，趣業緣而莫返。茫茫今古，誰了本因？役役愛憎，情源虛妄。故我釋迦調御，久證菩提，憫我勞生自取流轉，爾後得其大智，化妙相身，住世四十九年，演說十二分教，隨乎利鈍，設彼化門，庶上中下根，各得其漸。譬如大海不讓小流，假使蚊虻阿脩羅王，飲其水者，皆得飽滿。厥後化緣將畢，示滅雙林，謂人天大眾曰：『吾有正法眼藏，涅槃妙心，付囑摩訶大迦葉，教外別行，傳上根輩。』是法非有作思惟之所能解、非神通修證之所能入，不可以有心知、不可以無心得，悟之則頓超三界、迷之則萬劫沈淪。只如今日王官普會、僧俗同筵，坐立儼然，見聞不昧，為是迷耶悟耶？於此見得，不待三祇劫滿，萬行功圓，一念超越，更無前後。此日山寺多幸，伏蒙本路提刑都官提刑舍人，親垂朝蓋，光飾荒藍，經宿而來，起居萬福。況二尊官，夙植德本，現宰官身，以慈惠臨民，代今天子宵旰之急，若僧若俗、若貴若賤悉皆受賜，其福其壽，可勝道哉？既沐光臨，且寬尊抱，故我佛如來云：『夫說法者，無說無示，其聽法者，無聞無得。』又聞仲尼與溫伯雪久欲相見，一日稅駕相逢於途路間，彼此無言，各自迴去。洎後門人問曰：『夫子久欲見溫伯雪，及乎相見，不交一談，此乃何意？』仲尼曰：『君子相見，目擊道存。』且道古人相見，目擊道存；山僧今日鳴鼓陞堂，特地忉忉，一場失利。」下座。

The Master then said: "The root of sentient beings depends on the ocean of wisdom as its source; the flow of conscious beings takes the dharmakāya as its substance. It is merely because passion arises that wisdom is obstructed, so they remain unaware in their daily activities; because thoughts change, form differs, and they head into karmic conditions without returning. Boundless across past and present, who comprehends the fundamental cause? Restless in love and hate, the source of passions is empty and false. Therefore, our Tamer, Śākyamuni, having long since realised bodhi, pitied us weary beings who bring about our own transmigration. Thereafter, attaining great wisdom, he manifested a body of wondrous signs, dwelt in the world for forty-nine years, and expounded the twelve divisions of teachings. Adapting to the sharp and dull, he established those expedient gates of transformation, so that those of high, middling, and low capacity might each attain gradual progress. For example, the great ocean does not reject small streams; even if mosquitoes, gnats, or the king of asuras drink its waters, they all attain fullness. Later, when his transforming conditions were drawing to a close, he manifested extinction at the Twin Trees, telling the assembly of humans and devas: 'I possess the treasury of the true Dharma eye, the wondrous mind of nirvāṇa, which I entrust to Mahākāśyapa to circulate separately outside the teachings, transmitted to those of supreme capacity.' This Dharma cannot be understood through purposeful deliberation, nor entered through supernatural powers and cultivational realization; it cannot be known through having a mind, nor attained through having no mind. Awakening to it, one immediately transcends the three realms; deluded about it, one remains submerged for myriad kalpas. Just consider: today, royal officials gather widely, monks and laypeople share the same banquet, sitting and standing solemnly, their seeing and hearing unobscured—is this delusion or awakening? If you can see clearly here, without waiting for the completion of three asaṃkhyeya kalpas or the round perfection of myriad practices, in a single thought you transcend them, with neither before nor after. On this day, this mountain monastery is exceedingly fortunate to receive the judicial commissioner and judicial clerk of this circuit, who have personally lowered their official carriages to illuminate and adorn this wild monastery, travelling overnight to arrive, bringing ten thousand blessings. Moreover, these two honourable officials have long planted roots of virtue and now manifest the bodies of ministers, governing the people with benevolence and compassion, relieving on behalf of the present Son of Heaven the anxieties of early morning and late night. Monks and laypeople, noble and base, all receive their bounty. How could their fortune and longevity be fully expressed? Since we have been favoured with your presence, pray relax your minds. Thus our Buddha, the Tathāgata, said: 'One who expounds the Dharma neither speaks nor displays; one who listens to the Dharma neither hears nor attains.' We have also heard that Zhongni and Wenbo Xue had long desired to see each other. One day, halting their carriages, they met on the road; without a word to each other, each turned and went back. Later, a disciple asked, 'The Master long desired to see Wenbo Xue, yet when you met, you did not exchange a single word. What was the meaning of this?' Zhongni said, 'When gentlemen meet, the Way is present at a single glance.' Tell me: the ancients met and the Way was present at a single glance; today this mountain monk beats the drum and mounts the hall, specially babbling away—what a complete failure!" He descended from the seat.