大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.5

19.5

既學此道，十二時中遇物應緣處，不得令惡念相續，或照顧不著起一惡念，當急著精彩，拽轉頭來。若一向隨他去，相續不斷，非獨障道，亦謂之無智慧人。昔溈山問嬾安：「汝十二時中，當何所務？」安云：「牧牛。」山云：「汝作麼生牧？」安云：「一回入草去，驀鼻拽將回。」山云：「子真牧牛也。」學道人制惡念，當如嬾安之牧牛，則久久自純熟矣。

Having taken up the study of this Way, in all twenty-four hours of the day, wherever you encounter things and respond to conditions, you must not let evil thoughts continue in succession. If through lack of vigilance an evil thought arises, you must quickly pull yourself together and jerk its head back around. If you consistently follow along after it in unbroken succession, not only will it obstruct the Way, but you will also be called someone devoid of wisdom. Formerly, Guishan asked Lanan: "In all twenty-four hours of the day, what do you attend to?" An said: "I herd an ox." Guishan said: "How do you herd it?" An said: "As soon as it enters the grass, I grab it by the muzzle and drag it back." Guishan said: "You are truly herding an ox!" A practitioner of the Way subduing evil thoughts should be like Lanan herding the ox; then after a long time it will naturally become pure and ripe.