圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.12

18.12

舉：「雪竇云：『乾坤之內宇宙之間，中有一寶掛在壁上，達磨九年面壁，不敢正眼覷著，如今衲僧要見，劈脊便打。』」師拈云：「雪竇妙中之妙、奇中之奇，向佛祖頭上提持，衲僧頂門鑿竅，不妨自在。要且只見錐頭利，不見鑿頭方。若是蔣山則不然，乾坤之內宇宙之間，中有一寶。」竪起拄杖子云：「在拄杖頭上，拈起也天回地轉，放下也草偃風行，有時八臂三頭，有時壁立千仞。如今莫道衲僧要見，直饒千聖出來、列祖齊至，並須倒退三千里。敢問大眾，且道：什麼人合得受用？分付天台木上座，突出南山鼈鼻蛇。」攛拄杖下座。

He brought up [the following case]: "Xuedou said: 'Within heaven and earth, in the midst of the cosmos, inside there is a jewel hanging on the wall. Bodhidharma faced the wall for nine years, not daring to look straight at it. Nowadays, if a patch-robed monk wants to see it, strike right across his spine!'" The Master commented: "Xuedou is the subtle within the subtle, the extraordinary within the extraordinary; holding it forth above the heads of Buddhas and patriarchs, boring an aperture in the crown of patch-robed monks' heads, certainly at ease. Yet he only sees the sharpness of the awl's point, not the squareness of the chisel's head. As for Jiangshan, it is not so: within heaven and earth, in the midst of the cosmos, inside there is a jewel." Raising his staff, he said: "It is on the tip of the staff. Pick it up, and heaven turns and earth spins; put it down, and grass bends as the wind blows. At times it has eight arms and three heads; at times it stands like a wall a thousand fathoms high. Nowadays, not to mention patch-robed monks wanting to see it—even if a thousand sages were to appear and the rows of patriarchs all arrive together, they would all have to retreat three thousand miles. I venture to ask the great assembly, tell me: what kind of person is fit to enjoy its use? Entrust it to Mount Tiantai's Wooden Elder; suddenly thrusts out the viper of South Mountain." He tossed down the staff and stepped down from the seat.