圓悟佛果禪師語錄 11.5

11.5

At an informal gathering requested by the Prince of Yun, a monk asked: 'No cultivation and no realization is the marvelous clarity of original awakening; seeking the bodhi of the Buddha-fruit is precisely the cause of conditioned action. Leaving aside these two ways, I ask the Master to point directly.' The Master said: 'The hair-severing jewel sword chills one to the bone.' The monk continued: 'A single spark of numinous light is extraordinary, illuminating the human realm through countless kalpas.' The Master said: 'What will you do with a single spark of numinous light?' The monk continued: 'It can be called: every word accords with the holy path, every phenomenon is of itself fully perfected.' The Master said: 'He too was originally wordless.' The monk bowed, and the Master said: 'Spacious and open, not outside—the lands of the ten directions are viewed before the eyes; tranquil and solitary, not inside—the lands of the jewel king are upon the tip of a single hair. Directly without inside and outside, cutting off that and this, spanning the ancient and modern, completely bright and completely dark: arriving here, you must still have a path of turning the body before you can attain great ease. Have you not heard it said: Great people possess great views; great wisdom attains great function. When the great dynamic is released, all dynamic sharpness ceases; when a single word is established, all words are deprived of speech. Directly every word and every dynamic match each other point by point, continuous and unbroken like interlocking golden links; this is still a matter on the road of eternal life. Therefore it is said: "If the sharpness of words errs, the mysterious pass is ten thousand leagues away. Even if you let go on the hanging cliff, personally accept and shoulder it, and revive after utter death, you cannot deceive the sovereign." How can an extraordinary purport be concealed from anyone! Since there is an extraordinary purport, it must rely on an extraordinary person; since there is an extraordinary person, they must clarify an extraordinary purport. Right at such a time, how is it? Turning sideways beyond the realm to look: who is the person within it?' He further said: 'The virtue of protecting life penetrates the earth's bounds; / Plants, trees, insects, and reptiles rejoice in the sage's era. / Overcoming the match and startling the crowd, there is something extraordinary. / What is the extraordinary? / Luoluo lili.' He struck the meditation seat and descended from the platform.