圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.4

18.4

舉：「僧問雲門：『如何是法身向上事？』門云：『向上與汝道即不難，作麼生會法身？』僧云：『請和尚鑑。』門云：『鑑則且致。爾作麼生會法身？』僧云：『與麼與麼。』門云：『這箇是長連床上學得底，我問爾：法身還喫飯也無？』僧無語。雪竇云：『將成九仞之山，不進一簣之土。』保福云：『缺他一粒也不得。』又古德云：『喚什麼作飯？』」師拈云：「雲門可謂驅耕夫牛、奪饑人食，權衡佛祖、龜鑑宗乘，所以後來尊宿各出眼目扶立宗風。雖然如是，只明得法身邊事，未明得法身向上事。且如何是法身向上事？域中無向背，閫外有權衡。」

He brought up [the following case]: "A monk asked Yunmen: 'What is the transcendent matter of the dharmakāya?' Yunmen said: 'It would not be difficult to speak to you of the transcendent, but how do you understand the dharmakāya?' The monk said: 'Please examine it, Venerable.' Yunmen said: 'Let examination aside for a moment. How do you understand the dharmakāya?' The monk said: 'Like this, like this.' Yunmen said: 'This is something learned on the long connecting benches. I ask you: does the dharmakāya still eat food or not?' The monk had no words. Xuedou said: 'About to complete a mountain of nine fathoms, he fails to add a single basket of earth.' Baofu said: 'Lacking even a single grain of his won't do either.' An ancient worthy also said: 'What do you call food?'" The Master commented: "Yunmen may be said to drive away the plowman's ox and snatch away the starving man's food, weighing Buddhas and patriarchs, a tortoise-mirror for the lineage vehicle. Therefore, later venerable adepts each manifested eyes to sustain and establish the lineage style. Even so, this only clarifies matters on the side of the dharmakāya, not yet the transcendent matter of the dharmakāya. And what is the transcendent matter of the dharmakāya? Within the realm there is neither turning toward nor against; beyond the gates there are scales and measures."