圓悟佛果禪師語錄 11.8

11.8

小參云：「提向上機須向上眼，指其中事要其中人。若能立千聖於下風，擲大千於方外，脚根下硬糾糾，頂門上黑漫漫，坐斷要津不通凡聖，亦未是向上機，亦未是其中事。且作麼生是向上機其中事？酌然將謂實有恁麼說話，殊不知，如將蜜果換苦葫蘆，淘却業根俱無實事。若是靈利底人，聊聞舉著，便知落處，更不紛紜。既不紛紜，則二六時中，雖終日喫飯，不曾咬著一粒米，終日著衣，不曾掛一條線，終日說話，不曾動著舌頭。雖然如是，能有幾人到此田地？何故？只為不落心意識，不落淨穢邊，透出威音那邊，全明本元要地，一棒一喝一挨一拶，一出一入一問一答，譬如擲劍揮空，莫論及之不及，斯乃空輪無迹，劍刃無虧。正當恁麼時，著實一句作麼生道？還委悉麼？撒手那邊千聖外，燈籠露柱放毫光。」頌云：「妙德空生讚莫窮，摩醯正眼不通風，大千擲在他方外，作者須明向上宗。」

At an informal gathering, [the Master] said: "To bring forth the transcendent dynamic requires the transcendent eye; to point out the matter within requires a person from within. Even if one could place the thousand sages in the inferior position, hurl the great trichiliocosm beyond the limits of space, have the soles of one's feet rock-hard and firm, have the crown of one's head pitch-black, and cut off the essential crossroads so that neither ordinary nor sacred may pass—still this is not yet the transcendent dynamic, nor is it yet the matter within. And what is the transcendent dynamic, the matter within? If one clearly supposes that there is truly such talk, one fails to understand that, like swapping a bitter gourd for a sweet fruit, cleansing the karmic roots involves no real thing whatsoever. If one is an agile person, upon merely hearing it mentioned, one immediately knows where it lands and is no longer confused. Being no longer confused, then throughout the twelve periods of the day, though one eats all day long, one never bites into a single grain of rice; though one wears clothes all day long, one never hangs a single thread on oneself; though one speaks all day long, one never moves one's tongue. Even though it is like this, how many people can reach this ground? Why is that? Only because they do not fall into mind, intellect, or consciousness, do not fall into the extremes of pure or defiled, but penetrate beyond Bhīṣmagarjitasvararāja, fully illuminating the fundamental essential ground. A single blow, a single shout, a single jostle, a single push; an exit, an entrance, a question, an answer—like hurling a sword to slash through empty space, speak not of whether it reaches or does not reach: here the wheel of space bears no trace, and the sword-edge suffers no loss. Just at such a time, how do you utter a genuine phrase? Do you fully understand yet? Letting go of one's hands on that side, beyond the thousand sages, / The lantern and the exposed pillar radiate rays of light." He added a verse: "Wonderful Virtue and Empty-Born cannot exhaust its praise; / The true eye of Maheśvara lets no wind pass through. / The great trichiliocosm is hurled outside other realms; / An adept must understand the transcendent lineage."