圓悟佛果禪師語錄 1.4

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圓悟禪師克勤，甞被遇今上皇帝，對揚正法眼藏，其道盛行。僧若平，鳩工聚材，欲以師法語傳諸天下，以待後學，託嚴州天寧老元弼，丐予為敘。吁此果師之本旨哉？予聞師常偃處一室，坐斷語言，轉無上法輪，不容擬議，揚眉開口，立便喪身，纔涉廉纖，老拳隨起，每舉到不與萬法為侶公案，已是拕泥帶水，落第二義。今乃欲褒集其平昔咳唾之音，鋪陳而揄揚之，師其聞而有不釋然者乎？雖然師之不得已而有言：「我知之矣。」譬彼時雨，隨物濟潤，遐陬僻處，枯根蠧芽，若大若小，各各霑足，而太虛空本自無相，亦無有作。觀覽于斯者，宜得之言意之表。此集之行，在在處處，當有神物護持云。紹興四年二月日，檢校少保定國軍節度使知樞密院事南陽郡開國侯張浚序。

Chan Master Yuanwu Keqin was once received in audience by the present Emperor, expounding and glorifying the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, and his Way flourished greatly. The monk Ruoping gathered labor and assembled materials, wishing to transmit the Master's Dharma words throughout the realm for the sake of future students; he entrusted the Elder Yuanbi of Tianning in Yanzhou to beg me for a preface. Alas, is this truly the Master's fundamental intent? I have heard that the Master constantly reclined in a single room, cutting off words, turning the unsurpassed dharmacakra beyond deliberation: if you raised an eyebrow or opened your mouth, you instantly lost your life; the moment you touched upon trivialities, the old fist flew at once. Whenever he brought up the gong'an 'Not taking the ten thousand dharmas as companions', he was already dragging through mud and water, falling into the secondary meaning. Now they wish to collect the spittle of his everyday sounds, laying them out and praising them—were the Master to hear of it, would he be untroubled? Even so, when the Master had no choice but to speak, 'I understand it.' It is like timely rain nourishing things according to their kind: in remote corners and secluded places, dried roots and worm-eaten sprouts, whether great or small, all are soaked and satisfied; yet empty space itself is fundamentally without form, nor does it act. Those who peruse this should grasp what lies beyond the surface of words and intent. Wherever this collection circulates, divine spirits will surely protect it. Written in the second month of the fourth year of Shaoxing [1134 CE] by Zhang Jun, Acting Junior Protector, Military Commissioner of the Dingguo Army, Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Founding Marquis of Nanyang Commandery.