圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.21

2.21

上堂云：「殺人刀活人劍，上古之風規，亦是今時之樞要。言句上作解會，泥裏洗土塊；不向言句上會，方木逗圓孔。未擬議，已蹉過；正擬議，隔關山。擊石火、閃電光，搆得搆不得，未免喪身失命。且道：此理如何？苦瓠連根苦，甜苽徹蔕甜。」下座。

Ascending the hall, [the master] said, "The sword that kills people, the sword that gives people life—this was the style and standard of high antiquity, and is also the pivot of the present day. If you form conceptual understanding upon words and phrases, it is washing a clod of earth in the mud. If you do not understand through words and phrases, it is fitting a square peg into a round hole. Before you deliberate, you have already missed it; just as you deliberate, you are separated by mountain passes. Flint-spark fire, flashing lightning—whether you grasp it or fail to grasp it, you cannot avoid losing your body and forfeiting your life. And tell me: what is the principle of this? The bitter gourd is bitter right to the root; the sweet melon is sweet all the way to the stem." He stepped down from the seat.