圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.38

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住東京天寧寺。宣和六年四月十九日，於當寺為國開堂，師拈疏云：「現成公案未言時，文彩已彰，洞徹根源才舉處，重重漏泄。儻或尚留觀聽，却請對眾敷場。」指法座云：「柔和忍辱衣，諸法空為座，既披此衣，必據此座，況佛佛祖祖，藉此為梯為航。見麼？有條攀條，無條攀例。」遂陞堂拈香云：「此一瓣香，恭為今上皇帝，祝嚴聖壽萬歲萬萬歲，伏願聖明逾日月，睿算等乾坤，空芥城而有餘，拂劫石而彌固。」次云：「此一瓣香，奉為中宮天眷宰執諸王，少師相公，節使太尉，闔朝文武，在筵勳貴，伏願高扶聖日，永佐堯明，壽算等松椿，福祿齊江海。」拈第三瓣香云：「大眾！還見麼？昔日白雲堆裏，當風一句全提，今朝萬壽堂前，次第五回拈出，奉為蘄州五祖山真惠禪院第十二代演禪師，爇向爐中以酬法乳。」智海和尚白槌云：「法筵龍象眾，當觀第一義。」云：「明明無覆藏，一一絕滲漏，初無第一第二，豈復言觀？到這裏，草偃風行，渠成水到，還有共相證明底麼？」僧問：「時雍道泰樂升平，萬里山河舜日明，妙唱以資天子壽，爐煙為瑞國風清。未審和尚如何舉唱？」師云：「萬壽堂前增瑞氣，一人有慶等乾坤。」僧云：「師將萬古靈山事，祝讚當今有道君。」師云：「傾盡此時心。」僧云：「如是則金枝永茂天庭秀，玉葉長芳內苑春。」師云：「誰人不仰此時風。」僧云：「祝聖已蒙師指示，向上宗乘事若何？」師云：「七十三八十四。」僧云：「德基永固金剛界，萬國來朝賀聖明。」師云：「風前一句超調御。」僧云：「須知此道真機妙，應用隨方得卷舒。」師云：「更須抖擻眼中塵。」師乃云：「問話且止。大眾！祕密妙嚴深機，莫能考究，淨圓超證諸聖，無以擬倫。靈山單傳正音，少室密付的旨，洞明如杲日，寬曠若虛空，把斷諸法無遺，蔭覆群靈有作，頂門上如如不動，脚眼下了了常知。今朝幸遇祝聖開堂，對眾分明剖露。」遂拈拄杖卓一下云：「大眾！還知落處麼？諸佛心髓祖師淵源，十成八字打開，遍界全彰勝相，纖洪長短，黑白方圓，一一絕羅籠，處處無回互，澄澄湛湛密密堂堂，無深可深無妙可妙，是故佛佛授手，唯授此心，祖祖相傳，唯傳此妙，上根種智略請回光，可以千眼頓開，可以萬緣透脫。豈不見，阿難問迦葉：『世尊傳金襴外更傳何物？』迦葉召阿難，阿難應喏，迦葉云：『倒却門前剎竿著。』三要印開十方通透，直得王舍城裏萬壽堂前，瑞氣凝九重，祥光朝鳳闕，一一發輝正法眼藏，傳持涅槃妙心了也。且當陽不昧一句作麼生道？太平瑞氣無邊表，航海梯山仰聖朝。以此開堂一毫善利，上祝今上皇帝聖壽，伏願金輪永固寶祚殊昌，四海樂文明，萬邦陶至化。」復舉：「昔有僧問投子：『如何是一大事因緣？』投子云：『尹司空與老憎開堂。』」師云：「投子古佛，叢林中推其得逸群之辯，得朴實頭道用，看其等閑拈掇，不妨世法佛法打成一片。雖然如是，惜其不甚寬廓。今日忽有人問天寧：『如何是一大事因緣？』即對他道：『手握金輪清四海，聖躬彌億萬斯年。』」

Residing at Tianning Monastery in Dongjing. On the nineteenth day of the fourth month in the sixth year of the Xuanhe reign era, opening the hall for the nation at this monastery, the Master held up the proclamation and said: "Before the present gong'an is spoken of, its literary splendor is already manifest. Where the source is thoroughly penetrated the moment it is brought up, it leaks out layer upon layer. If there are still those who retain their looking and listening, please step forth before the assembly to open the arena." Pointing to the Dharma seat, he said: "The gentle and yielding robe of forbearance; the emptiness of all phenomena as the seat. Having donned this robe, one must occupy this seat; how much more so for the Buddhas and Patriarchs, who rely on this as ladder and raft! Do you see? 'Where there is a branch, take hold of the branch; where there is no branch, take hold of precedent.'" Thereupon he ascended the hall, offered incense, and said: "This single piece of incense is respectfully offered on behalf of the reigning Emperor, praying for the majesty of his sacred life of ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years. We humbly pray that his sacred brilliance may surpass the sun and moon, that his sagacious lifespan may equal heaven and earth, enduring beyond emptying the city of mustard seeds, and growing ever firmer as the kalpa stone is wiped away." Next, he said: "This single piece of incense is offered on behalf of the imperial relatives in the inner palace, the grand councilors and princes, the junior preceptor, the ministers, the military commissioners and grand commandants, all the civil and military officials of the court, and the titled nobility present at the banquet. We humbly pray that they loftily uphold the sacred sun, eternally assist the radiance of Yao, that their lifespans equal the pine and cedrela, and their blessings and emoluments match the rivers and seas." Holding up a third piece of incense, he said: "Great assembly! Do you see? Formerly in the midst of Baiyun's heaps, the single phrase in the face of the wind was fully brought forth; this morning before the Hall of Longevity, it is presented for the fifth time in sequence. It is offered on behalf of Chan Master Yan, the twelfth generation of Zhenhui Chan Monastery on Mount Wuzu in Qizhou, burned in the censer to repay the milk of Dharma." Venerable Zhihai struck the gavel and said: "Assembly of dragons and elephants at the Dharma banquet, you should observe the primary meaning!" [The Master] said: "Clearly unhidden, completely without leakage. From the first there is no primary or secondary; how could one speak again of observing? Arriving here, the grass bends as the wind blows; the canal is made and the water arrives. Is there anyone who will mutually testify?" A monk asked: "The times are harmonious and the Way flourishes, rejoicing in peace; across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, the sun of Shun shines bright. The marvelous song assists the Son of Heaven's longevity; the censer's incense offers an auspicious omen of the realm's pure customs. I wonder, how does the Venerable One raise the song?" The Master said: "Before the Hall of Longevity, auspicious energy increases; the one man possesses blessings that equal heaven and earth." The monk said: "The Master takes the eternal matter of Vulture Peak to celebrate the present ruler who possesses the Way." The Master said: "Exhausting the heart of this very moment." The monk said: "If so, then the golden branch flourishes forever, glorious in the heavenly court; the jade leaf is ever fragrant, spring in the inner palace." The Master said: "Who does not gaze up at the style of this moment?" The monk said: "Having received the Master's instruction on praying for the sacred, how is the matter of the transcendent lineage vehicle?" The Master said: "Seventy-three, eighty-four." The monk said: "The foundation of virtue is eternally firm in the Vajradhātu; ten thousand nations come to court to congratulate sacred brilliance." The Master said: "A single phrase in the face of the wind surpasses the Tamer." The monk said: "One must know the true dynamic marvel of this Way; applied in response to circumstances, it expands and contracts." The Master said: "You must shake off the dust in your eyes even more." The Master then said: "Let the questions cease. Great assembly! The profound dynamic of the secret, marvelous adornment cannot be investigated; the pure, perfect, transcendent realization of the noble ones cannot be compared. The direct transmission of the correct sound at Vulture Peak, the intimate entrustment of the exact purport at Mount Shaoshi—clearly illuminating like the bright sun, vastly expansive like empty space. Cutting off all phenomena without remainder, sheltering all sentient beings in their actions; atop the crown of the head it is unmoving as suchness, beneath the ankle it is clearly, ever cognizant. This morning, fortunately encountering the opening of the hall to pray for the sacred, I clearly lay it bare before the assembly." He then took his staff, struck it once, and said: "Great assembly! Do you know where it lands? The marrow of the Buddhas' minds, the source of the Patriarchs—fully laid open like the character eight, everywhere fully manifesting the supreme marks. Fine or broad, long or short, black or white, square or round—each and every one beyond ensnarement, nowhere with mutual obstruction. Limpid and clear, dense and grand, with no depth that can be deepened, no marvel that can be marveled at. Therefore, when Buddhas bestow their hands, they bestow only this mind; when Patriarchs transmit from one to another, they transmit only this marvel. If those of superior roots and innate wisdom will briefly turn the light back, a thousand eyes can suddenly open, and ten thousand conditions can be penetrated and shed. Have you not seen: Ānanda asked Kāśyapa, 'Apart from the golden robe, what else did the World-Honoured One transmit?' Kāśyapa called, 'Ānanda!' Ānanda replied, 'Yes?' Kāśyapa said, 'Knock down the flagpole in front of the gate.' The three essentials stamped open, the ten directions thoroughly penetrated; directly making it so that inside the city of Rājagṛha, before the Hall of Longevity, auspicious vapor condenses in the ninefold palace, and auspicious light turns toward the Phoenix Pavilion. Each and every one radiates the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye and transmits the marvelous mind of nirvāṇa. And how do you speak a phrase directly manifest and unobscured? Auspicious peace spreads boundless signs; crossing seas and climbing mountains, they look up to the sacred court. With this slight good merit of opening the hall, I offer prayers for the sacred lifespan of the reigning Emperor: humbly wishing that the golden wheel remain eternally firm, the precious imperial reign profoundly flourish, the four seas rejoice in cultural illumination, and ten thousand realms be molded by supreme transformation." He further brought up: "Formerly a monk asked Touzi, 'What is the one great causal condition?' Touzi said, 'Director of Works Yin opened the hall for this old monk.'" The Master said: "Touzi was an ancient Buddha, praised in the monastic groves for his unmatched eloquence and his solid, straightforward application of the Way. See how casually he brought it up; it does not hinder worldly dharma and Buddha-Dharma from blending into a single whole. Although it is like this, it is regrettable that he was not very broad. Today, if someone suddenly asked Tianning, 'What is the one great causal condition?' I would say to him: 'Holding the golden wheel in hand to purify the four seas, may the sacred person endure for myriads and hundreds of millions of years!'"