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大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.11

大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.11

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Classical Chinese

2.11

上堂舉:「圜悟先師在夾山日,示眾云:『通身是眼見不到,通身是耳聞不及,通身是口說不著,通身是心鑑不出。』通身即且置,或若無眼作麼生見,無耳作麼生聞,無口作麼生說,無心作麼生鑑?若向這裏撥得一線路,便與古佛同參,且道:參甚麼人?」師云:「惜乎徑山當時不在,若在,點一把火照看這老漢面皮厚多少。即今或有傍不甘底出來道:『和尚也是普州人,又作麼生?』即向他道:『西天斬頭截臂,這裏自領出去。』」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "When my late master Yuanwu was at Jiashan, he instructed the assembly, saying: 'The whole body is eye, yet cannot see; the whole body is ear, yet cannot hear; the whole body is mouth, yet cannot speak; the whole body is mind, yet cannot discern.' Letting alone the whole body for a moment—suppose there were no eye, how could one see? No ear, how could one hear? No mouth, how could one speak? No mind, how could one discern? If you can clear a path through this, then you will participate together with the ancient buddhas. Tell me, what person would you participate with?" The Master said, "A pity Jingshan was not there at the time! If I had been there, I would have struck a torch to see how thick that old fellow's face was. Right now, someone unable to bear it from the sidelines might come forth and say, 'The Venerable is also a man from Puzhou—what about that?' I would immediately say to him, 'In the Western Heavens heads are severed and arms cut off; here you take yourself away!'"

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