圓悟佛果禪師語錄 1.3

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佛以一音而演說法，故一切法同此一音，三世諸佛此一音，六代祖師此一音，天下老和尚此一音；吾有正法眼藏，分付摩訶迦葉，乃此一音，正法眼藏向這瞎驢邊滅却，亦此一音；以至風動林響、泉鳴谷應亦此音，雷霆霹靂、雨雹交橫亦此音，人語市聲、鵓鳩蛇蟇、倉庚寒蟬亦此音；麻三斤，庭前柏樹子，得髓得皮，老兄未徹，拄杖子𨁝跳上三十三天，觀音胡餅却是饅頭，無非此音；以至一切語言，銅鑼盛油，銀椀盛雪，鷓鴣啼華，珊瑚撑月，不落不昧，通身遍身，將心與汝安，吸盡西江水，亦無非此音。不作此音會，而作語言謷訛，妄生分別，無有是處。昔楊岐以此音簧鼓天下，至圓悟大禪師此音益震，師因頻呼小玉之音與檀郎認得之音，然後大唱此音，不數德山歌、壓倒雲門曲，凡樓子我若無心之音，及盤山紅輪西去之音，皆當立下風，盡是老凍膿。所以於建炎中興天子前，奏此一音，四海寂默而無敢鳴。雲居安樂堂上擅此一音，眾人憎嫉而無敢和，且道：「此老子乘誰恩力，得恁麼奇特？」昔孔子窮於陳蔡之間，左據槁木，右擊槁枝而歌焱氏之風，有其具而無其數，有其聲而無宮角，木聲與人聲，犁然有當於人之心。乃曰：「今之歌者其誰乎？是亦此音，而世未之知也。」圓悟老師其知之矣，予蚤事佛鑑，晚見老師，叩此一音，更無別調，學徒若平亦唱師家曲者，集師語要將以刊行，求為序篇，以冠卷首。若知此音，則圓悟老師功不浪施；若不知此音，而以語言文字求會解者，是人行邪道，不能見老師云。紹興三年十二月二十日序。

The Buddha expounds the Dharma with a single voice; therefore, all dharmas are identical to this single voice. The Buddhas of the three periods are this single voice; the Patriarchs of the six generations are this single voice; the old venerable masters throughout the realm are this single voice. 'I have the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, entrusted to Mahākāśyapa'—this is just this single voice; 'The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye is annihilated in this blind ass'—this too is this single voice. Even wind rustling through the forest and water murmuring in the responding valley are this voice; thunderclaps and crossing squalls of rain and hail are this voice; human speech, sounds of the market, turtle-doves, snakes, toads, orioles, and autumn cicadas are this voice; three pounds of flax, the cypress tree in the courtyard, attaining the marrow and attaining the skin, 'Old brother, you have not penetrated', the staff leaping up to the Thirty-three Heavens, the Guanyin sesame cake that turns out to be a steamed bun—none of these is other than this voice. Even all words and phrases, a bronze gong holding oil, a silver bowl holding snow, a partridge calling among blossoms, coral supporting the moon, not falling and not dark, through the whole body and across the whole body, 'Bring me your mind and I will pacify it for you', drinking dry the waters of the West River—none of these is other than this voice. If one does not understand them as this voice, but takes them as discordant verbal wrangling and falsely generates discriminations, there is no truth in it. Formerly Yangqi used this voice to inspire the realm; when it reached Great Chan Master Yuanwu, this voice grew even more resonant. Because the Master heard the sound of 'frequently calling Xiaoyu' and the sound recognized by her lover, he thereafter boldly proclaimed this voice, giving no weight to the songs of Deshan and eclipsing the melodies of Yunmen; even Louzi's sound of 'I have no-mind' and Panshan's sound of 'the red wheel sinking in the west' must yield to him, for they are all old frozen pus. Thus, before the Son of Heaven of the Jianyan Restoration, he presented this single voice, and the four seas fell silent, none daring to sound forth. In the Hall of Peace and Bliss on Mount Yunju, he wielded this single voice exclusively; the multitude envied him, yet none dared chime in. Tell me, through whose gracious power did this old fellow attain such extraordinary wonder? Formerly, Confucius was in distress between Chen and Cai; holding a piece of dry wood with his left hand and striking dry branches with his right, he sang the air of the Shennong clan. It had the instrument but not the meter, it had the sound but lacked the pentatonic modes; yet the sound of wood and the human voice naturally resonated with the human heart. He then said: 'Who among singers today could match this? This too is this voice, yet the world has not known it.' Old Master Yuanwu truly understood it! In my early years I served Fojian, and later in life I met the Old Master; inquiring into this single voice, there was no other tune. The disciple Ruoping, who also sings the Master's family melody, compiled the essentials of the Master's sayings to publish them, and requested a preface to crown the front of the volume. If one knows this voice, then Old Master Yuanwu's labors were not spent in vain; if one does not know this voice and seeks understanding through words and letters, that person walks a deviant path and cannot see the Old Master. Written on the twentieth day of the twelfth month of the third year of Shaoxing [1133/4 CE].