[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法演禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995) › 3.5 # 法演禪師語錄 3.5 法演禪師語錄 3.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.5) 開堂黃梅，宰公度疏，師拈起示眾云：「見麼？差珍異寶盡在其中。若也不見，請表白對眾拈出。」宣疏畢，乃云：「便與麼散去，早是多事了也，若也不信。」遂指法座云：「少間向上頭撒沙撒土去也。」便陞座，拈香祝聖罷，復拈香云：「此一炷香，在舒郡二十七年，三處住院，諸人總知。」遂欲燒次復云：「不得也，須說破，某十五年行脚，初參遷和尚得其毛，次於四海參見尊宿得其皮，又到浮山圜鑑老處得其骨，後在白雲端和尚處得其髓，方敢承受與人為師。今日爇向爐中，從教熏天炙地，有耳朵者辨取。」四祖和尚白槌云：「法筵龍象眾，當觀第一義。」師云：「當觀第一義，寶劍霜鋒利，掣電隔三千，最勝無倫譬，眼辨手能親，出來相比試。」僧問：「舊店新開列寶珍，一回拈著一回新，師今已據盧能位，端的如何拂鏡塵？」師云：「朝到西天，暮歸唐土。」進云：「已得軒轅辨端的，靈光從此照恒沙。」師云：「最初一句作麼生？」進云：「不辭山路遠，踏雪也須過。」師云：「儞猶醉在。」僧問：「靈山一會迦葉親聞，未審今日一會什麼人得聞？」師云：「與靈山無異。」進云：「古之今之盡是知音。」師云：「知音一句又作麼生？」進云：「點頭不吐舌。」師云：「無人孟浪過儞。」進云：「忽遇拏雲攫霧來時又作麼生？」師云：「老僧打退鼓。」乃云：「適來四祖師叔白槌云：『當觀第一義。』只如第一義，且作麼生觀？要會麼？三世諸佛，若無第一義，將什麼化度有情？西天四七唐土二三乃至天下老和尚，若無第一義，將什麼建立宗風？只如當今聖帝，若無第一義，將什麼統御天下？知郡學士知縣宣德合座尊官，若無第一義，將什麼為民父母？乃至在會施主，若無第一義，將什麼崇敬三寶？然雖如是，也須各各自悟始得。」 > At the opening of the hall in Huangmei, when the prefect presented the statement, the Master held it up, showed it to the assembly, and said: "Do you see? The rarest treasures and extraordinary gems are all within it. If you do not see them, I invite the reciter to hold it out before the assembly." After the reading of the statement was concluded, he said: "If we were to disperse just like this, it would already be making too much trouble. If you do not believe it—" He then pointed to the Dharma seat and said: "In a moment, upon its top, sand and dirt will be scattered!" He then ascended the seat. Having concluded the offering of incense with prayers for the Emperor, he took up another stick of incense and said: "This stick of incense: for twenty-seven years in Shu Prefecture, I have presided over three monasteries, as all of you know." He was about to burn it, but then added: "It will not do; I must speak it plainly. For fifteen years I went on pilgrimage. First, I studied with Upādhyāya Qian and obtained his hair; next, I visited eminent masters throughout the four seas and obtained their skin; then I reached the venerable Fushan Yuanjian and obtained his bones; later, with Upādhyāya Baiyun Duan, I obtained his marrow. Only then did I dare take it upon myself to become a teacher to others. Today, I burn it in the censer: let it smoke through the heavens and scorch the earth; let whoever has ears discern it!" The Upādhyāya of Sizu struck the gavel and said: "The assembly of dragons and elephants at this Dharma banquet should contemplate the paramārtha!" The Master said: "'Should contemplate the paramārtha'—the precious sword's frosty edge is sharp. A flash of lightning separates three thousand \[worlds\]; supreme, it has no peer or parallel. With discerning eyes and skilled hands, come forth and test yourselves against me!" A monk asked: "An old shop newly opened arrays precious gems; each time they are picked up, each time they are fresh. Now that the Master occupies the seat of Lu Neng, how indeed do you wipe away the dust of the mirror?" The Master said: "In the morning arriving at the Western Heavens, in the evening returning to the land of Tang." The monk advanced and said: "Having obtained Xuanyuan to discern the truth, the numinous light from this point shines through the sands of the Ganges." The Master said: "What was the very first phrase?" The monk said: "Not shirking the long mountain road, even treading snow one must cross." The Master said: "You are still drunk." A monk asked: "At the single assembly on Numinous Mountain, Kāśyapa heard it personally; I wonder who gets to hear it at today's single assembly?" The Master said: "No different from Numinous Mountain." The monk advanced and said: "Those of ancient and modern times are all attuned listeners." The Master said: "What about the phrase of an attuned listener?" The monk said: "Nodding the head without sticking out the tongue." The Master said: "No one is more reckless than you." The monk said: "What if one suddenly encounters a dragon grabbing clouds and clutching mist?" The Master said: "This old monk beats the retreat drum." He then said: "Just now my Dharma Uncle from Sizu struck the gavel and said, 'Should contemplate the paramārtha.' But as for the paramārtha, how is it to be contemplated? Do you want to understand? If not for the paramārtha, what would all the Buddhas of the three periods use to transform and save sentient beings? If not for the paramārtha, what would the twenty-eight \[patriarchs\] of the Western Heavens, the six of the land of Tang, and the venerable old masters throughout the world use to establish their lineage style? If not for the paramārtha, what would the current Sagely Emperor use to govern the world? If not for the paramārtha, what would the prefect, the scholars, the county magistrate, the pacification commissioner, and all the venerable officials seated here use to be parents to the people? And down to the donors here in the assembly, if not for the paramārtha, what would they use to venerate the Three Jewels? Yet, although this is so, each and every one of you must personally awaken to it for it to count." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995~en-mt.3.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.5) · Pramāṇa