圓悟佛果禪師語錄 11.17

11.17

張國太夫人請小參云：「霜風凜凜，細雨微微，解脫門八字打開，正法眼頂門顯示，還有超宗越格離見絕情底麼？出來證據。若也證據得去，七佛已前也不恁麼，七佛已後也不恁麼，西天二十八祖亦不恁麼，唐土六祖亦不恁麼，至於歷代宗師天下老和尚亦不恁麼。為什麼不與麼？只恐賺誤人去。既不與麼，亦不賺誤人，作麼生承當？到這裏，平田中萬仞壁立，壁立萬仞處一似平田，把斷要津不通凡聖，亦無語話分，亦無展演分，畢竟教一切人什麼處入？老僧不惜眉毛，通箇消息去也。」遂竪起拂子云：「見麼？」又擊禪床云：「還聞麼？若道見，且得沒交涉；若道不見，更是沒交涉。畢竟作麼生？若教老僧只管與爾說，經無窮劫摸索不著，不隨言解則淨裸裸赤灑灑，各各坐斷報化佛頭，各各氣衝宇宙，設使千佛出興，恰如蚊蚋相似。與麼把得定作得主，方始是本分作家。正當恁麼時如何委悉？一句逈超諸佛格，坐斷天下衲僧頭。」復頌云：「雖然說破五家宗，爭及曹溪一線通，寶劍當陽誰殺活，離名離相振高風。」

The Grand Dowager Lady Zhang requested an informal gathering. The Master said: "The frosty wind is piercingly cold; the fine rain falls softly. The gate of liberation is thrown wide open; the eye of the true Dharma is revealed on the crown of the head. Is there anyone who transcends the lineage, surpasses standards, leaves behind views, and cuts off emotions? Come forward and bear witness! If you can bear witness, before the seven Buddhas it was not just so; after the seven Buddhas it was not just so; for the twenty-eight patriarchs of the Western Heavens it was also not just so; for the six patriarchs of the Tang land it was also not just so; down to the ancestral masters of successive generations and the old venerable teachers under heaven, it was also not just so. Why was it not just so? Only for fear of misleading people. Since it is not just so and also does not mislead people, how do you take it upon yourself? Arriving here, within a flat field a cliff stands ten thousand cubits high; where the cliff stands ten thousand cubits high, it is just like a flat field. It bars the strategic ford, not letting ordinary or sage pass through; there is no share for speech and words, nor any share for elaboration. In the end, from where are all people to enter? Sparing not my eyebrows, this old monk discloses a message for you." Thereupon he held up his whisk and said, "Do you see?" He also struck the meditation bed and said, "Do you hear? If you say you see, you have no connection to it; if you say you do not see, you have even less of a connection to it. In the end, how is it? If this old monk were only to speak to you, through unending eons you would never grope it out. If you do not follow verbal explanations, then stark naked and cleanly stripped, each of you cuts off the heads of the reward and transformation Buddhas, and each has an energy that storms through the cosmos; even if a thousand Buddhas appeared, they would be just like mosquitoes and gnats. Only when you can maintain such firmness and be the master like this are you an adept of the fundamental lot. Right at such a time, how do you fully understand? A single phrase far transcends the standards of the Buddhas, cutting off the heads of the patch-robed monks under heaven." He further added a verse: / "Although the lineages of the five houses have been spoken through, / How can that compare to the single thread of Caoxi opening through? / When the precious sword is facing the sun, who kills and who gives life? / Departing from names and forms, the lofty lineage style is roused."