圓悟佛果禪師語錄 10.22

10.22

張戶曹請小參，師云：「直下便是，不通擬議尋思。還有作家禪客麼？試出眾證據看。」僧問：「如何是臨濟下事？」師云：「一刃兩段。」進云：「如何是雲門下事？」師云：「三句縱橫。」進云：「如何是曹洞下事？」師云：「五位君臣沒分付。」進云：「如何是溈仰下事？」師云：「進前退後絕商量。」進云：「那一句如何？」師云：「何不問法眼下事？」僧禮拜，師乃云：「靈山提密旨，獨有迦葉親聞；少林演妙訣，唯許神光擔荷。只為機機相副，箭箭相投，用處聲色純真，舉時乾坤獨露，密密意絕誵訛，深深機沒回互。若是箇本色自由自在承當擔荷得底，更不落聲前句後，亦不用擬議尋思，直下當陽分明領取，所以道：『若論此事，眨上眉毛早已蹉過。』既已蹉過，何用鼓兩片皮口吧吧地，豈不是當堂蹉過。既若蹉過，還知未蹉過事麼？若知未蹉過事，雖終日說而不曾動著舌頭，終日行而不曾移著一步，終日喫飯不曾嚼一粒米，終日著衣不曾掛一縷絲。雖然如是，此猶是建化門庭向下為人處。豈不見，德山和尚但有問答語言，向上向下盡是依草附木竹木精靈。所以山僧從頭棒將去，待有箇獨脫底與他商量。後來浮山圓鑑道：『只這獨脫底，也是草木之精。』且道：還有為人處也無？山僧不惜眉毛，入泥入水為諸人平展。還委悉麼？但能萬法不干懷，一超直入如來地。」

Requested for an informal gathering by Revenue Officer Zhang, the Master said: "Right here it is; it does not admit of deliberation or intellectual reflection. Are there any adept Chan practitioners? Step forward before the assembly and produce proof!" A monk asked, "What is the matter of the Linji lineage?" The Master said, "A single blade cut into two." The monk asked further, "What is the matter of the Yunmen lineage?" The Master said, "The three phrases crisscrossing." The monk asked further, "What is the matter of the Caodong lineage?" The Master said, "The five ranks of lord and minister are not handed over." The monk asked further, "What is the matter of the Guiyang lineage?" The Master said, "Advancing forward and stepping backward leaves no room for deliberation." The monk asked further, "What about that phrase?" The Master said, "Why do you not ask about the matter of the Fayan lineage?" The monk bowed, and the Master then said: "When the secret intent was raised at Vulture Peak, only Kāśyapa personally heard it; when the wondrous knack was expounded at Shaolin, it was permitted only for Shenguang to shoulder it. This is solely because dynamic workings correspond to one another, arrows hit each other point-to-point, their dynamic functioning in sound and form is pure and true, and when raised, heaven and earth are solely exposed; their secret intent is utterly without mistake, and their profound dynamic mechanism lacks any back-and-forth ambiguity. If one is an authentic, free and untrammeled person who can take it up and shoulder it, one will never again fall before sounds or after phrases, nor will one need deliberation or intellectual reflection; right here in the open, clearly receive and comprehend it! Therefore it is said: 'If you discuss this matter, with the twitch of an eyebrow it has already been missed.' Since it is already missed, what is the use of flapping the two lips and babbling away? Is this not missing it right in the hall? Since it is already missed, do you still know the matter that has not yet been missed? If you know the matter that has not yet been missed, then though you speak all day, you have never moved your tongue; though you walk all day, you have never shifted a step; though you eat all day, you have never chewed a grain of rice; though you wear clothes all day, you have never hung a single thread on yourself. Even though it is like this, this is still the teaching gate's descending down to act for people. Have you not seen: whenever Venerable Deshan had question-and-answer words, whether transcendent or downward, they were all spirits of bamboo and wood clinging to grass and trees. Therefore, this mountain monk gives them the staff from the very start, waiting until there is a solitary, emancipated one to discuss it with. Later, Yuanjian of Fushan said: 'Even this solitary, emancipated one is also a spirit of grass and trees.' Tell me: is there still any acting for people or not? This mountain monk does not begrudge his eyebrows to enter the mud and water to spread it out plainly for you all. Do you still understand? If only the myriad dharmas do not concern the mind, one leap directly enters the ground of the Tathāgatas."