圓悟佛果禪師語錄 13.5

13.5

小參，僧問：「應真不借時如何？」師云：「渠儂得自由。」進云：「點則不到，到即不點。」師云：「同彼同此。」進云：「此猶未是學人安身立命處在。」師云：「獨有闍黎高一著。」進云：「也知和尚要用此機。」師云：「也被闍黎識破。」進云：「老老大大，轉見放憨。」師云：「道什麼？」進云：「也不可放過。」師云：「却是爾放憨。」師乃云：「好日多同，十方盡應；好本多同，千差共轍。直得龍吟霧起、虎嘯風生，八面更玲瓏、一方獨峭絕，此猶是人人分上知有底。其餘不知有底如恒河沙數，且作麼生湊泊？作麼生參詳？有進步得底不用伎倆，試拈出看；有證據得底不用思量，試剖判看。若剖判得，正如靈山會上龍女獻珠便得成佛，女云：『我獻寶珠，世尊納受，是事疾否？』智積云：『是事甚疾。』龍女云：『以汝神力，觀我成佛，復速於此。』然雖如是，猶有途轍；若是本分行、本分證，直須更放過三千里。正當恁麼時，畢竟如何是著實處？十方薄伽梵，一路涅槃門。」

At an informal gathering, a monk asked: "When the Arhat does not borrow, how is it?" The Master said: "That fellow attains freedom." The monk continued: "If pointed out, it is not reached; once reached, it is not pointed out." The Master said: "The same for that as for this." The monk continued: "This is still not the place where the student settles his body and establishes his life." The Master said: "Only the Ācārya is one step higher." The monk continued: "I already know that the Venerable wishes to use this dynamic." The Master said: "Seen through by the Ācārya as well." The monk continued: "Getting older and older, you increasingly show your foolishness." The Master said: "What did you say?" The monk continued: "It must not be let pass either." The Master said: "It is rather you who are acting foolishly." The Master then said: "A fine day brings much shared joy, and the ten directions all respond; a good root brings much concurrence, and thousands of divergences run on the same track. Even if dragons roar and mists rise, tigers howl and winds blow, all eight directions are fully lucid and clear, and a single region stands exceptionally steep and precipitous—this is still what everyone knows they have within their own lot. As for the rest who do not know they have it, they are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. How can they be brought together? How can they investigate it? If anyone can make progress without contrivance, try bringing it forth for us to see; if anyone has attained verification without deliberation, try analyzing and discerning it for us to see. If you can analyze and discern it, it is just like the Dragon Maiden offering the jewel at the assembly on Vulture Peak and instantly attaining Buddhahood. The maiden said, 'I offered the precious jewel, and the World-Honoured One accepted it; was this swift or not?' Wisdom Accumulation said, 'This was extremely swift.' The Dragon Maiden said, 'With your supernatural power, watch me attain Buddhahood even swifter than this!' Even so, there are still tracks and paths. If it is the fundamental practice and fundamental realization, one must let it go three thousand miles further. Right at such a time, what is ultimately the solid ground? The Bhagavan of the ten directions—the single road to the gate of nirvāṇa."