圓悟佛果禪師語錄 5.4

5.4

陞座，僧問：「承師有言：『龍飛鳳舞降自九重。』此意如何？」師云：「無人不仰最深恩。」進云：「好音在耳，人皆聳去也。」師云：「水到渠成是一家。」進云：「直得樵夫舞袖，野老謳歌去也。」師云：「誰不恁麼？」進云：「莊野春林與天華而合彩。」師云：「一枝別是太和春。」進云：「爭奈雲本無心，自有從龍之勢。」師云：「却得闍黎出氣。」進云：「只如寶公還肯放和尚去也無？」師云：「放來久矣。」進云：「從教猿鶴怨，且副一人心。」師云：「是處是彌勒，無門無善財。」師乃云：「寒巖枯木白雲堆，散質何能中巨材，豈為虛聲徹清禁，紫微聖詔九天來。既然事出意外，要須直下承當，所貴正眼流通，仰祝無疆睿算，直得昆蟲草木悉仰動地風光，大地生靈咸霑唐虞睿澤，處處和風遍野，人人喜氣盈眸，感覆燾無疆之恩，荷一人生成之德。正當恁麼時，還委悉麼？碧桃冉冉凝朝露，紅杏蒙蒙映彩霞。」

Ascending the seat, a monk asked: "I have received the Master's words: 'Dragon flying and phoenix dancing, it descends from the ninefold palace.' What does this mean?" The Master said: "There is no one who does not look up to the deepest grace." The monk advanced and said: "The good sound is in the ear; all people are exalted." The Master said: "The canal is made and the water arrives; it is a single family." The monk advanced and said: "It directly causes the woodcutter to dance his sleeves and the old rustic to sing songs." The Master said: "Who is not like this?" The monk advanced and said: "The rustic spring grove shares its splendor with the heavenly flowers." The Master said: "A single branch is uniquely the spring of Great Harmony." The monk advanced and said: "What can be done about clouds having no mind, yet possessing of themselves the force that follows the dragon?" The Master said: "Then the ācārya gets to exhale." The monk advanced and said: "Just as for Master Bao, would he be willing to let the Venerable One go or not?" The Master said: "He let me go long ago." The monk advanced and said: "Let the gibbons and cranes resent it; for now, fulfill the one man's heart." The Master said: "Every place is Maitreya; no gate lacks Sudhana." The Master then said: "Cold crags, withered trees, heaps of white clouds—how can dispersed material suit a great timber? Could it be that an empty reputation reached the pure imperial palace, and the sacred purple-tress edict came from the nine heavens? Since the matter arose beyond expectation, it must be directly taken upon oneself; what is prized is that the correct eye flows and circulates, reverently praying for boundless sagacious lifespan, directly causing insects, plants, and trees all to look up to the earth-shaking scene, and the living beings of the great earth all to be steeped in the sagacious beneficence of Tang and Yu. Everywhere gentle breezes pervade the wilds; in every person joyous energy fills the eyes. Moved by the boundless grace of imperial canopy, we bear the life-giving virtue of the one man. Right at such a time, do you understand thoroughly? Green peaches gently condense the morning dew; red apricots vaguely mirror the rosy dawn clouds."