法演禪師語錄 3.191

3.191

蓋聞，言語道斷，而未始無言；心法雙亡，而率相傳法。有得兔忘蹄之妙，無執指為月之迷。故宗師起而稱揚，若尺棰取之不竭；學者從而領悟，如連環解之無窮。教外別傳，道斯為美。演師和尚，游方寖久，詢請無私，周旋黃蘗之庭，踐履白雲之室，常心是道，信手成金。紅粉佳人，發最上之機；金色頭陀，無容身之處。念聰明呪，唱太平歌，皆諸方之所未聞，後人之所警策，其他妙語不可殫論，廣于簡編，庶為龜鑑云耳。知台州黃巖縣事張景脩序。

I have heard that although the path of speech is cut off, there has never been an absence of speech; although mind and Dharma are both extinguished, the Dharma is invariably transmitted. It has the wonder of catching the hare and forgetting the snare, and lacks the delusion of mistaking the pointing finger for the moon. Therefore, ancestral masters arise to praise and proclaim it, as inexhaustible as taking from a foot-long stick; students follow and awaken to it, like the endless unlinking of rings. A special transmission outside the teachings—the Way is exalted for this. Master Yan, the Upādhyāya, traveled for long on pilgrimage, inquiring and requesting instruction without partiality. He was active in the courtyard of Huangbo and trod in the chamber of Baiyun. 'Ordinary mind is the Way'; whatever his hand touched turned to gold. A rouge-powdered beauty initiated the supreme dynamic; the Golden Ascetic found no place to rest his body. Chanting the cleverness mantra and singing songs of great peace were things unheard of throughout the regions, serving as warnings and exhortations for later generations. His other wondrous words cannot be fully discussed; spread across bamboo slips and volumes, may they serve as a mirror. Preface by Zhang Jingxiu, Administrator of Huangyan County, Taizhou.