圓悟佛果禪師語錄 16.8

16.8

釋迦老多子塔前分半座，已密授此印，爾後拈華是第二重公案，至於付金襴鷄足山中候彌勒，是多少節文也。達磨迢迢自西竺遊梁歷魏，冷坐少林深雪之中，有箇斷臂老子解覷破，不免漏泄分付伊，謂之單傳密記。子細究之，一場敗闕。自此便喧傳西來旨意，世間隨流將錯就錯，滿地流行分五家七宗，遞立門戶提唱，就實窮之，端的成得甚麼邊事？是故從來達人不喫這般茶飯。且如何却是諦當？將知六合外著得眼，早自別也。況無邊香水海浮幢王剎表下視底，乃少知落著，所以道：「此大丈夫事。」撲迭掀豁步驟作略，唯同風契證始善弘荷，終不撒沙撒土，遂與釋迦金色碧眼神光，共一坐具，等閑垂手，殺人活人，初無窠窟只貴緊峭，萬苦千辛至嶮至毒，下得斷命手脚，然後不虛印授也。白雲師翁云：「神仙祕訣，父子不傳。」

When old Śākyamuni shared half his seat before the Stūpa of Many Sons, he had already secretly bestowed this seal; thereafter, holding forth the flower was the second gong'an. As for transmitting the gold-embroidered robe to await Maitreya in Mount Kukkuṭapāda, how many formalities were there? Bodhidharma came far from the West, wandering through Liang and passing through Wei, sitting coldly amidst the deep snow of Shaolin. There was an old fellow who cut off his arm and was able to see through it; inevitably, [Bodhidharma] leaked it and entrusted it to him, which is called the single transmission and secret record. Examining it carefully, it was a complete blunder. From then on, the purport of coming from the West was loudly proclaimed, and the world followed the current, carrying on errors with errors, spreading all over the land and dividing into the five houses and seven lineages, successively setting up schools and proclaiming them. Investigating it in reality, what matter on the verge did it actually accomplish? For this reason, adepts from the past never ate this kind of meal. And what is truly appropriate? One should know that if one can cast an eye beyond the six directions, it is already distinct. Furthermore, looking down from below the surface of the floating banner king-realms of the boundless Fragrant Ocean, few know where it settles. Therefore it is said: "This is the business of a great man." The steps and style of tumbling and overturning can only be well sustained and upheld by those of the same wind and matching realization; they never scatter sand and dirt. Thus, sharing a single mat with Śākyamuni, the Golden Ascetic, the blue-eyed [Bodhidharma], and Shenguang, casually letting down hands, killing people and giving people life, at the outset there is no nest; they only value tightness and sharpness. Through ten thousand hardships and a thousand bitternesses, extremely perilous and extremely virulent, once one can apply life-ending hands and feet, only then is the seal and transmission not in vain. Master Baiyun said: "The secret formula of the immortals is not transmitted between father and son."