明覺禪師語錄 4.143

4.143

竺土大仙心（誰是能舉），東西密相付（惜取眉毛），人根有利鈍（作麼生），道無南北祖（且欵欵）。靈源明皎潔（撫掌呵呵），枝派闇流注（亦未相許），執事元是迷（展開兩手），契理亦非悟（拈却了也）。門門一切境（捨短從長），回互不回互（以頭換尾），回而更相涉（這箇是拄杖子），不爾依位住（莫錯認定盤星）。色本殊質像（豈辨開眸），聲元異樂苦（還同掩耳），闇合上中言（心不負人），明明清濁句（口宜掛壁）。四大性自復（隨所依），如子得其母（可知也），火日風動搖（春水自消），水濕地堅固（從旦至暮）。眼色耳音聲（海晏河清），鼻香舌鹹醋（可憑可據），然於一一法（重報君），依根葉分布（好明取），本末須歸宗（惟我能知），尊卑用其語（不犯之令）。當明中有闇（闇必可明），勿以闇相遇（明還非覩）；當闇中有明（一見三），勿以明相覩（無異說），明闇各相對（若為分），比如前後步（不如此）。萬物自有功（旨爾寧止），當言用及處（縱橫十字），事存函蓋合（子細看），理應箭鋒拄（莫教錯）。承言須會宗（未兆非明），勿自立規矩（突出難辨），觸目不會道（又何妨），運足焉知路（也不惡）。進步非近遠（唱彌高），迷隔山河爾（和彌寡），謹白參玄人（聞必同歸），光陰莫虛度（誠哉是言也）。

The mind of the Great Immortal of the Indian land (Who can hold it up?), / East and West have secretly transmitted to each other (Spare your eyebrows). / Human faculties have sharp and dull (How is it?), / In the Dao there is no northern or southern patriarch (Just be gentle). / The spiritual source is bright and pure (Clapping hands and laughing ha-ha), / The branch streams flow darkly (Still not granted to each other). / Grasping at phenomena is fundamentally delusion (Opening both hands), / Concurring with principle is still not awakening (Picked up and disposed of). / Gate upon gate, all realms (Discarding the short to follow the long), / Interacting and not interacting (Exchanging the head for the tail). / Interacting, they further merge with each other (This is the staff), / Otherwise, each abides in its position (Do not misjudge the mark on the steelyard). / Forms fundamentally differ in material and image (How to discern with eyes open?), / Sounds originally vary as pleasure and suffering (Still like covering the ears). / In the dark, high and middling words merge (The mind does not fail others), / Clearly distinct are clear and turbid phrases (The mouth should be hung on the wall). / The four elements' natures restore themselves (According with what is relied upon), / Like a child obtaining its mother (One can know it). / Fire heats, wind moves and shakes (Spring water melts on its own), / Water wets, and earth is firm (From dawn to dusk). / Eye and form, ear and sounds (The sea is calm and the river clear), / Nose and fragrance, tongue and salty or sour (Dependable and verifiable). / Yet regarding each and every phenomenon (I tell you again), / According to the root, the leaves are distributed (Better understand it clearly). / Beginning and end must return to the source (Only I can know), / Venerable and humble use their respective speech (An order not to be violated). / While in brightness there is darkness (The dark can surely be bright), / Do not meet it with darkness (Brightness is still not seen); / While in darkness there is brightness (Seeing three in one), / Do not see it with brightness (There is no different explanation). / Brightness and darkness face each other (How to divide them?), / Like steps before and behind (Not like this). / The ten thousand things have their own function (The meaning stops where it should), / One must speak of their use and place (Crisscrossing horizontally and vertically). / Phenomena existing, box and lid fit together (Look closely), / Principle responding, arrowheads meet point to point (Do not make a mistake). / Hearing words, you must understand the source (Before omens appear is not brightness), / Do not establish rules on your own (Surging forward, hard to discern). / Facing the eyes without understanding the Dao (What harm is there?), / Moving the feet, how can one know the road? (Not bad either). / Taking a step is neither near nor far (The higher the song), / Delusion separates by mountains and rivers alone (The fewer join in harmony). / Respectfully I tell those who explore the mystery (Hearing it, they will surely return together): / Do not pass the time in vain (Truly, these words are so!).