圓悟佛果禪師語錄 16.16

16.16

當人脚跟下一段事，本來圓湛不曾動搖，威音佛前直至如今，廓徹靈明，如如平等，只為起見生心，分別執著，便有情塵煩惱擾攘。若以利根勇猛，身心直下頓休，到一念不生之處，即是本來面目。所以古人道：「一念不生全體現，六根纔動被雲遮。」多見聰明之人，以妄心了了，放此妄心不下，逗到歇至不動處，不肯自承當本性，便喚作空豁豁地，却擬棄有著空，是大病。若有心棄一邊，便是知解，不能徹底見性。此性非有不須棄，此性非空不須著，要當離却棄著有無，直下貼貼地，圓湛虛凝，翛然安穩，便自能信此真淨妙心，餉間被世緣牽拕，便能覺得不隨他去，直須長時虛閑自做工夫消遣諸妄，使有箇自家省悟之處始得。古人云：「不離當處常湛然，覓則知君不可見。」

The matter directly under a person's own feet is originally completely clear and has never stirred. From before the Buddha Awesome Sound down to the present, it has been widely penetrating, numinous and bright, thus and thus in equality. It is only because of giving rise to views and generating mental activity, discriminating and clinging, that there is the turmoil of emotional dust and affliction. If, with sharp faculties and valorous courage, one immediately brings body and mind to a sudden halt, reaching the place where not a single thought arises, that is one's original face. Therefore the ancients said: 'When not a single thought arises, the entire body appears; as soon as the six sense faculties stir, it is veiled by clouds.' One often sees intelligent people who, with their deluded minds, understand clearly yet cannot let go of this deluded mind. When they reach the point where it rests and does not stir, they are unwilling to personally accept their fundamental nature, and simply call it empty and wide-open; then they intend to abandon being and cling to emptiness, which is a great sickness. If there is a mind that abandons one side, that is intellectual understanding, and one cannot see the nature thoroughly. This nature is not being, so there is no need to abandon it; this nature is not empty, so there is no need to cling to it. One must leave behind abandoning and clinging, being and nonbeing, and immediately settle down peacefully: completely clear, empty and congealed, freely tranquil and secure. Then one will naturally be able to trust this truly pure, wonderful mind. When momentarily dragged about by worldly conditions, one will immediately be able to perceive it and not follow along. One must simply maintain an empty leisure for a long time, doing the work oneself to dissolve all delusions, so that one attains a place of personal awakening; only then will it do. An ancient said: 'Not departing from the immediate place, it is always clear; if you seek it, know that it cannot be seen.'