圓悟佛果禪師語錄 14.5

14.5

古人以牧牛為喻，誠哉所謂要久長人爾，直截省要，最是先忘我見，使虛靜恬和，任運騰騰、騰騰任運，於一切法皆無取捨，向根根塵塵應時脫然自處，孤運獨照，照體獨立，物我一如，直下徹底無照可立，如斬一綟絲，一斬一切斷，便自會作活計去也。佛見法見尚不令起，則塵勞業識自當氷消瓦解。養得成實，如癡似兀，而峭措祖佛位中收攝不得，那肯入驢胎馬腹裏也。

The ancients used herding the ox as a metaphor; truly it is said that this requires a person of long perseverance. The most direct and essential method is first of all to forget views of the self, allowing oneself to be empty, tranquil, peaceful, and harmonious, drifting at ease and moving freely, neither grasping nor rejecting anything among all dharmas. Toward every sense faculty and every sense dust, remain naturally detached according to circumstances, operating alone and illuminating singularly; the substance of illumination stands independent, and object and self are unified. Right here, reaching the bottom, there is no illumination that can be established. Like severing a skein of silk, with one cut everything is severed; then you will naturally know how to make a living. When even views of Buddha and views of Dharma are not allowed to arise, the karmic consciousness of worldly toil will naturally melt away like ice and shatter like tiles. Nourish it until it becomes solid: like an idiot, like a block of wood, yet sharp and unconfined, unable to be contained within the ranks of patriarchs and Buddhas—how would it be willing to enter the womb of a donkey or the belly of a horse?”