圓悟佛果禪師語錄 1.36

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指法座云：「三世諸佛於此轉法輪，歷代宗師於此提祖印，欲行千里，一步為初，不免起模畫樣去也。」遂陞座，拈香云：「奉為今上皇帝，祝嚴聖壽，萬歲萬歲萬萬歲。」又拈香云：「奉為判府內翰諸位勳貴。」又拈香云：「此一瓣香，不從葱嶺帶來，亦非胸襟流出，在南中見三十餘員尊宿，末後撞著箇老作家，被他一槌擊碎，今日對眾說破，奉為見住蘄州五祖演和尚，以酬法乳。」保福贊和尚白槌云：「法筵龍象眾，當觀第一義。」師云：「把斷世界還觀得也無？直饒一槌未落已前薦得，猶落二三。且作麼生是第一義？有知落處底麼？出眾相見。」僧問：「釋迦說法，多寶證明，和尚開堂，內翰臨顧。半山相見即不問，妙峯孤頂事如何？」師云：「瑞氣騰空。」進云：「恁麼則片雲生谷口，萬仞碧嵯峩。」師云：「能有幾人知？」進云：「聖明天子以何報答？」師舉拂子。進云：「天上有星皆拱北，人間無水不朝東。」師云：「且得領話。」問：「七擒七縱則不問，賓主相逢事若何？」師云：「寶劍倚天光燦爛。」進云：「碧眼胡僧笑點頭。」師云：「相識滿天下。」進云：「昨夜三更明月下，奪取驪珠歸去來。」師云：「誰是箇中人？」僧問：「三賢未達，十聖難知，如何是此宗？」師云：「無孔鐵鎚當面擲。」進云：「嚇殺人。」師云：「嚇得一箇。」進云：「也知和尚慣恁麼？」師云：「儞又作麼生？」僧云：「鷂子過新羅。」師云：「自知較一半。」乃云：「玄機獨唱截斷眾流，擺撥不拘更無回互，直饒釋迦彌勒，不敢當頭著眼，倚天長劍凜凜神威，杲日當空澄澄光彩，無物不為妙用，無法不是真乘，控佛祖大機，廓人天正眼，當陽曉示，只貴知歸，纔涉思量，白雲萬里。是故先聖道：『我此法印，為欲利益世間故說，在所遊方勿妄宣傳。』今日人天普集，對眾分明剖露。」舉拂示眾云：「大眾見麼？一處真，千處百處一時真；一句透，千句百句一時透。拈起也乾坤岌崿，放下也河海晏清，不拈不放又作麼生？萬仞峯頭高著眼，大千沙界一浮漚。」遂舉：「法燈云：『山僧本欲深棲巖竇隱遁過時，蓋緣清涼老人有未了底公案，出來為諸人了却。』時有僧問：『如何是未了公案？』法燈便打云：『祖禰不了，殃及兒孫。』僧云：『過在什麼處？』法燈云：『過在儞殃及我。』」師云：「法燈縱域中殺活握閫外威權，直得氣概驚群風標獨立。山僧卑志本亦如斯，今日出來，正緣五祖老師有箇見成公案，對眾舉揚，有不惜性命底，試出挨拶看；如無，不免自拈自弄去也。」喝一喝，以拂子擊禪床，下座。

Pointing to the Dharma seat, [the Master] said: "Here the Buddhas of the three periods turn the dharmacakra; here the ancestral teachers of successive generations uphold the patriarchal seal. If one wishes to travel a thousand miles, the first step is the beginning. Inevitably, I must make a model and sketch a design." Thereupon he ascended the seat, held up incense, and said: "Offered for the present Emperor, in prayer for the majesty of his sacred longevity: ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years!" He held up incense again, saying: "Offered for the Prefectural Administrator, the Academicians of the Hanlin Academy, and all the noble lords." He held up incense again, saying: "This single piece of incense was not brought from the Pamir Mountains, nor did it flow forth from my own breast. In the southern region I met more than thirty venerable adepts; at the very end I ran into an old master, and by him I was struck and shattered with a single hammer blow. Today I disclose it before the assembly, offering it on behalf of the Venerable Wuzu Fayan, currently residing in Qizhou, to repay the debt of his Dharma milk." The Venerable Baofu Zan struck the gavel and said: "Assemble, dragons and elephants of the Dharma banquet; you should contemplate the primary meaning!"
The Master said, "If one cuts off the world, can it still be contemplated? Even if you recognize it before the single hammer blow falls, you still fall into the secondary and tertiary. And what is the primary meaning? Is there anyone who knows where it settles? Come out from the assembly and let us meet!"
A monk asked, "When Śākyamuni preached the Dharma, Prabhūtaratna bore witness; now that the Venerable opens the hall, the Hanlin Academician has arrived to pay his respects. Leaving aside the meeting halfway up the mountain, what about on the solitary summit of the wondrous peak?"
The Master said, "Auspicious vapors soar into the sky."
[The monk] continued, "In that case, a wisp of cloud arises at the mouth of the valley, green and towering ten thousand fathoms high."
The Master said, "How many people can know it?"
[The monk] continued, "With what will you repay the sagacious and enlightened Son of Heaven?"
The Master held up his whisk.
[The monk] continued, "All the stars in the heavens bow to the North; all the waters among humans flow to the east."
The Master said, "You have grasped the words."
[A monk] asked, "Leaving aside capturing seven times and releasing seven times, what about when host and guest meet?"
The Master said, "The jewel sword leans against the heavens, gleaming brightly."
[The monk] continued, "The blue-eyed barbarian monk nods with a smile."
The Master said, "Acquaintances fill the whole world."
[The monk] continued, "Last night at the third watch under the bright moon, I snatched the black dragon's jewel and returned."
The Master said, "Who is the person within it?"
A monk asked, "Unreached by the three grades of wise ones, difficult for the ten stages of sages to know—what is this lineage?"
The Master said, "A hammer without a hole thrown right at your face."
[The monk] continued, "It frightens people to death."
The Master said, "It has frightened one."
[The monk] continued, "I also know the Venerable is used to doing so."
The Master said, "What about you?"
The monk said, "The sparrowhawk flies past Silla."
The Master said, "Knowing it yourself, you are halfway there."
Then [the Master] said: "Singing alone the profound dynamic cuts off all streams; sweeping freely without restraint, there is no mutual accommodation whatsoever. Even Śākyamuni and Maitreya would not dare face it directly and set their eyes on it. The long sword leaning against the heavens possesses an awesome, chilling power; the bright sun high in the sky shines with pure, lucid brilliance. Nothing is not a wondrous function; no phenomenon is not the true vehicle. Reining in the great dynamic of the Buddhas and patriarchs, broadening the correct eye of humans and devas, revealing it openly under the sun, it only values knowing the return. As soon as thought is involved, white clouds stretch for ten thousand miles. Therefore an ancient sage said: 'This Dharma seal of mine is spoken for the sake of benefiting the world; wherever you travel, do not proclaim it heedlessly.' Today, humans and devas have gathered universally; before the assembly I lay it bare with complete clarity." Raising his whisk and showing it to the assembly, he said: "Does the great assembly see? If one place is true, hundreds and thousands of places are simultaneously true; if one phrase penetrates, hundreds and thousands of phrases simultaneously penetrate. When held up, heaven and earth tower high; when put down, the rivers and seas become serene and clear. What about when it is neither held up nor put down? / Fix your eyes high atop the peak of ten thousand fathoms: / The great chiliocosm of sand-realms is a single floating bubble."
He then cited: "Fadeng said: 'This mountain monk originally intended to dwell deep in rocky caves and live in seclusion to pass the time; however, because the old man of Qingliang had an unfinished gong'an, I have come forth to resolve it for all of you.' At that time a monk asked: 'What is the unfinished gong'an?' Fadeng hit him and said: 'When ancestors do not resolve it, disaster reaches their descendants.' The monk said: 'Where is the fault?' Fadeng said: 'The fault lies in your bringing disaster upon me.'"
The Master said: "Fadeng freely dispensed life and death within the realm and grasped authority beyond the borders, truly possessing a spirit that startled the crowd and an independent demeanor. This mountain monk's humble aspiration was originally also like this. Coming forth today is precisely because the old teacher Wuzu has a ready-made gong'an; expounding it before the assembly, if there is anyone who does not begrudge their life, let them step forward and try to test it. If not, I cannot help but handle and play with it myself." He gave a shout, struck the meditation couch with his whisk, and descended from the seat.