圓悟佛果禪師語錄 6.4

6.4

眾道友為李道山披剃，上堂云：「頂門闡金剛正眼，始辨大機，殺人不眨眼底漢，立地成佛，方明大用。直得如此，猶只是吾門建法幢立宗旨趣向在。且向上還有事也無？若知有向上事去，設使盡乾坤大地草木叢林，一一現千百億釋迦身，不消一揑，至於傾懸河辯、用嶮崖機，盡四聖六凡，一時軒豁，提得將來，不消一拶。且道：據箇什麼便恁麼？所謂大人具大見，大智得大用，向無明窟子裏，便放無量寶光；向眾生境界中，便作不思議事。如丹霞相似，才方舉起便知落處，更不涉唇吻，更不落言詮，始似過他一箇聱頭，便乃十分領略。只如未剗草時，在什麼處？既要剗草與說戒，兩手掩耳又落在什麼處？過量人有過量事，只如當機一句作麼生道？數聲清磬是非外，一箇閑人天地間。」復頌云：「丹霞剗草燒木佛，宮使捨緣吹布毛，驚群敵勝真師子，一釣須連十二鰲。」

When the fellow companions of the Way tonsured Li Daoshan, ascending the hall, [the Master] said: "Only when the diamond true eye is opened on the crown of the head can one discern the great potential; a fellow who kills without batting an eye attains Buddhahood on the spot—only then is the great function clarified. Even if it is directly like this, it is still only our school's erecting the Dharma banner, establishing the ancestral style, and having an orientation. Yet is there still any transcendent affair? If you know the transcendent affair, even if throughout heaven and earth, the great earth, grasses, trees, and monastic groves, each and every one were to manifest hundreds of thousands of millions of Śākyamuni bodies, it would not take a single pinch; as for eloquence like a cascading river or dynamic sharpness like a sheer precipice, all four kinds of noble ones and six kinds of ordinary beings would at once be widely opened—if brought forward, it would not take a single press. And tell me: based on what is it so? As it is said, a great person possesses great views; great wisdom attains great function. In the den of ignorance, one emits immeasurable precious light; within the realms of sentient beings, one performs inconceivable deeds. Just like Danxia: the moment it was raised, he knew where it settled, no longer touching upon lips, no longer falling into verbal explanations; only like getting past his stubborn obstacle did he fully grasp it. Just before he cut the weeds, where was he? Since he wanted to cut weeds and speak the precepts, when he covered his ears with both hands, where did he land? A person beyond measure has deeds beyond measure. Just as for the phrase fitting the occasion, how do you speak it? A few sounds of the clear chime lie outside right and wrong; a leisurely man stands between heaven and earth." He further made a verse, saying: "Danxia cut the weeds and burned the wooden Buddha; / The palace envoy gave up conditions and blew upon the cloth fleece. / Startling the herd and conquering the foe, a true lion; / A single fishhook must hook twelve giant turtles."