圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.14

4.14

報寧民和尚，受帖上堂云：「一向孤峯獨宿目視雲霄，雖則不埋沒宗風，無乃太高生；一向十字路口土面灰頭利物應機，雖則埋沒自己，無乃太屈辱生。況明悟之士，頂門具眼、肘下有符，出沒卷舒得大自在，動若行雲止猶谷神，可以或孤峯獨宿，不礙土面灰頭，或土面灰頭，不礙孤峯獨宿，恁麼中有不恁麼，不恁麼中却有恁麼。且應時應節一句作麼生道？」良久云：「瑞氣逢嘉運，靈苗觸處春。」

Upon receiving the certificate [of appointment] for Master Min of Baoning, he ascended the hall and said: “Sleeping alone on a solitary peak, gazing into the clouds—although this does not bury the lineage style, is it not far too lofty? At the crossroads with dusty face and ashen head, benefiting beings and responding to faculties—although this buries oneself, is it not far too humiliating? How much more so for a person of clear awakening, whose crown possesses an eye and under whose elbow lies a talisman, appearing and disappearing, rolling up and unfurling with great freedom; moving like drifting clouds, resting like the valley spirit. One may sleep alone on a solitary peak without obstructing the dusty face and ashen head; or wear a dusty face and ashen head without obstructing sleeping alone on a solitary peak. Within 'thus' there is 'not thus'; within 'not thus' there is yet 'thus'. And how do you speak a phrase suitable to the time and season?” / After a pause, he said: “Auspicious energy meets a felicitous era; / Numinous sprouts bring spring wherever they touch.”