圓悟佛果禪師語錄 1.40

1.40

上堂，僧問：「掬沙獻佛果感輪王，法寶今開有何利益？」師云：「千重百匝。」進云：「過往生天見存獲益去也。」師云：「不用闍梨重註脚。」問：「向上一路請師直指。」師云：「一棒打破虛空。」進云：「過在什麼處？」師云：「不識痛癢漢。」進云：「此猶是德山底。」師云：「山僧從來借路經過。」乃云：「眨上眉毛蹉過，大似開眼尿床，見成公案放行，正是黠兒落節。恁麼不恁麼，總得曳尾靈龜；不是心不是佛不是物，虛空釘橛；進得許多閑門破戶，獨是死水藏龍。傾湫倒嶽一句作麼生道？巨靈擡手無多子，分破華山千萬重。」下座。

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Presenting sand as an offering to the Buddha led to the fruit of being a wheel-turning king; what benefit is there today as the Dharma treasure is opened?" The Master said: "A thousand layers, a hundred wraps." The monk advanced: "The departed are reborn in heaven, while those present gain the benefit." The Master said: "There is no need for the ācārya to add further commentary." The monk asked: "Please, Master, point straight to the single path of the transcendent." The Master said: "One blow of the staff smashes empty space." The monk advanced: "Where is the fault?" The Master said: "A fellow who does not know pain and itch." The monk advanced: "This is still Deshan's [way]." The Master said: "This mountain monk has always merely passed through on a borrowed path." He then said: "Blink your eyebrows and you have already missed it, much like pissing in bed with your eyes wide open. Letting things pass according to the ready-made gong'an is precisely the clever child losing their integrity. Whether thus or not thus, you are merely a spiritual tortoise dragging its tail; 'neither mind, nor Buddha, nor thing' is driving a peg into empty space. Having entered so many idle doors and broken portals, it is only a dragon lurking in stagnant water. How do you utter a phrase that drains the deep pool and overturns the mountain peak? The giant spirit raises a hand with scarcely any effort, cleaving Mount Hua into ten thousand folds." He stepped down from the seat.