圓悟佛果禪師語錄 7.23

7.23

上堂云：「十五日已前，千牛拽不迴；十五日已後，俊鷂趁不及；正當十五日，天平地平，同明同暗，大千沙界不出當處，可以含吐十虛，進一步，超越不可說不可說香水海，退一步，坐斷千里萬里白雲，不進不退，莫道闍黎，老僧也無開口處。」遂舉拂云：「正當恁麼時如何？有時拈在千峯頂，劃斷天雲不放高。」

Ascending the hall, he said: "Before the fifteenth day, a thousand oxen cannot drag it back; after the fifteenth day, a swift falcon cannot catch up with it; right on the fifteenth day, heaven is level and earth is level, equally bright and equally dark, the great-thousand sand-worlds do not go beyond this very place, able to swallow and spit out the ten directions of empty space. Taking a step forward, one transcends inexpressible and inexpressible seas of fragrant water; taking a step backward, one cuts off white clouds for a thousand leagues and ten thousand leagues. Neither advancing nor retreating—not to mention you, Ācārya—even this old monk has no place to open his mouth." Thereupon he raised his whisk and said: "Right at such a time, how is it? At times held up atop a thousand peaks, cutting through the clouds in the sky, not letting them rise high."