圓悟佛果禪師語錄 10.11

10.11

師云：「有句無句如藤倚樹，鉤頭香餌最誵訛，至道無難唯嫌揀擇，時人窠窟無摸索。若是具頂門上眼底衲僧，三千里外別端倪，有作家鑪鞴底宗師，未跨船舷已分付。所以道：『箇裏是八十翁翁入場屋，不是小兒戲，箇箇須是具金剛正眼漢始得。』明眼漢，沒窠臼，只露目前些子，咬去咬住，有時一向不去，有時一向不住，若論戰也，箇箇力在轉處，更說什麼佛，說什麼祖，說什麼心，說什麼性，說什麼玄，說什麼妙，說什麼有，說什麼無？一筆句下只有一劍，劍下有分身之意，亦有出身之路。然於中若有箇脫情解，去藥忌識機宜別休咎底，試出來對眾道看，也要大家知有。然雖恁麼，也須實到這箇田地始得。敢問諸人，是時人窠窟？是鉤頭香餌？還委悉麼？目前已脫常流見，格外須知作者名。」

The Master said: '"Phrases and non-phrases are like wisteria leaning on a tree." The fragrant bait on the hook is most treacherous. "The ultimate Dao is not difficult, it only dislikes picking and choosing." Worldly people's nests leave nothing to grope for. If one is a patch-robed monk possessing the eye on the crown of the head, one distinguishes clues from three thousand miles away; a lineage master who possesses the forge of an adept has already handed it over before stepping across the ship's rail. Therefore it is said: "Here it is an eighty-year-old grandfather entering the examination hall; it is no child's play—every single one must be a fellow who possesses the true diamond eye to begin with." A fellow with clear eyes has no fixed grooves; merely revealing the slight bit before the eyes, biting away and biting down, sometimes entirely not going, sometimes entirely not staying. If discussing combat, everyone's strength lies in the turn; why speak further of Buddha, speak of patriarch, speak of mind, speak of nature, speak of the mysterious, speak of the subtle, speak of being, or speak of non-being? Under a single stroke of the brush there is only one sword; beneath the sword there is the intention of dividing the body, and also the road of making an emergence. Yet if among you there is one who sheds emotional interpretations, discards medicinal cautions, recognizes dynamics and circumstances, and distinguishes good from ill fortune, try to come forward and speak before the assembly, so that everyone may know it is there. Although it is like this, you must genuinely arrive at this ground to begin with. Dare I ask everyone: is it worldly people's nest, or the fragrant bait on the hook? Do you understand clearly? The view of the ordinary current has already been shed before the eyes; / Outside the rule, you must know the name of an adept.'