圓悟佛果禪師語錄 6.8

6.8

退院，上堂：「建大廈非一木之能，濟巨川非一人之力，而況長空絕跡，大道體寬，了之由人，斷之在己，或出或處，或語或默，虎穴魔宮，穢邦淨土，林山城市，荊棘叢中，若能著著有出身之機，處處有超情之見，無可不可，把定也祖佛不能窺，放行也同生復同死，且道：放行為人好，把定為人好？還委悉麼？披蓑側立千峯外，引水澆蔬五老前，幻軀將逼縱心年，懶汩塵勞久世間，憑仗護身箇符子，強扶衰疾且歸山。」

Retiring from the monastery, ascending the hall, [the Master said]: "Erecting a great mansion is not the capability of a single tree; ferrying across a great river is not the strength of a single person. How much more so when the boundless sky leaves no trace, and the Great Dao's substance is vast: understanding it depends on the person, deciding it rests with oneself. Whether emerging or dwelling, speaking or silent, in the tiger's den or the demon's palace, in defiled lands or pure lands, in forests, mountains, cities, or briar patches—if in every move one possesses the dynamic to step forward, and in every place one has the view that transcends ordinary sentiments, then nothing is inadmissible. Held fast, even patriarchs and buddhas cannot peer in; let go, one is born together and dies together. And tell me: is letting go better for people, or is holding fast better for people? Do you understand? Wearing a coir raincoat, standing sideways beyond a thousand peaks, / Channeling water to irrigate vegetables before the Five Old Men. / The illusory body approaches the age of following one's heart's desires; / Lazily entangled in worldly dust for a long time, / Relying on this protective talisman, / Forcing myself to support my declining illness, I return for now to the mountains."