圓悟佛果禪師語錄 1.50

1.50

Ascending the hall, the Master said: "Directly present there is a road known by both patriarchs and Buddhas; presented face-to-face, seeing and hearing are not separated. The myriad phenomena cannot cover or conceal it; the thousand sages have no steps to reach it. Brisk and lively, it transcends all undertaking; clean and bare, it has no mutual evasion. Even if the staff falls like raindrops and shouts sound like rushing thunder, they have not yet touched the transcendent pivot. What is the transcendent pivot? Blind the eyes of all sages; strike dumb this mountain monk's mouth. At midday strike the third watch; facing south, look at the Northern Dipper." He stepped down from the seat.