圓悟佛果禪師語錄 14.8

14.8

佛祖以神道設教，唯務明心達本，況人人具足各各圓成，但以迷妄背此本心，流轉諸趣枉受輪迴，而其根木初無增減。諸佛以為一大事因緣而出，蓋為此也；祖師以單傳密印而來，亦以此也。若是宿昔蘊大根利智，便能於脚跟直下承當，不從他得。了然自悟，廓徹靈明，廣大虛寂，從無始來亦未曾間斷，清淨無為妙圓真心，不為諸塵作對，不與萬法為侶，長如十日並照，離見超情，截却生死浮幻，如金剛王堅固不動，乃謂之即心即佛，更不外求唯了自性。應時與佛祖契合，到無疑之地，把得住、作得主，可不是徑截大解脫耶。

The buddhas and patriarchs established their teachings through the spiritual path, solely aiming to clarify the mind and penetrate the source. Moreover, everyone is fully endowed with it and each is completely perfected; it is only because of delusions and false notions that they turn their backs on this original mind, drifting through the various destinies and vainly undergoing transmigration, while its fundamental root has never increased or decreased. That the buddhas appeared in the world on account of the one great cause was entirely for this; that the ancestral masters came with the single transmission of the esoteric seal was likewise for this. If someone has harbored great capacity and sharp wisdom from former lives, they can immediately accept and shoulder it right under their own feet, not obtaining it from another. Clearly awakening on their own, wide open and spiritually luminous, vast, empty and tranquil, never interrupted from beginningless time, the pure, unconditioned, wonderfully complete true mind does not stand in opposition to the various dusts, nor does it keep company with the myriad dharmas. Constantly like ten suns shining together, leaving behind views and transcending emotional attachment, it cuts off the floating illusions of birth and death, firm and immovable like the Diamond King. This is what is called 'mind itself is buddha'; seeking nothing outside, one merely comprehends one's self-nature. Instantly according with the buddhas and patriarchs, arriving at the ground of no doubt, holding fast and taking charge—is this not the direct and rapid great liberation?