大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.46

2.46

上堂，僧問：「懷州牛喫禾，益州馬腹脹，天下覓醫人，炙猪左膊上。為復神通妙用？為復法爾如然？」師云：「也不是神通妙用，也不是法爾如然。」進云：「畢竟如何？」師云：「八尺眉毛頷下生。」乃云：「大道只在目前，要且目前難覩，欲識大道真體，不離聲色言語。若即聲色言語求道真體，正是撥火覓浮漚；若離聲色言語求道真體，大似含元殿裏更覓長安。總不恁麼，畢竟如何？翡翠蹋翻荷葉雨，鷺鷥衝破竹林煙。」

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "'When the cow in Huaizhou eats grain, the horse's belly in Yizhou swells; searching throughout the world for a doctor, he moxas the left shoulder of a pig.' Is this a wondrous application of supernatural powers, or is it phenomena being naturally so?" The Master said, "It is neither a wondrous application of supernatural powers nor phenomena being naturally so." [The monk] advanced and said, "What is it ultimately?" The Master said, "Eyebrows eight feet long grow under the chin." He then said, "The Great Way is right before your eyes, yet right before your eyes it is difficult to see. If you wish to know the true substance of the Great Way, do not depart from sounds, forms, and words. If you seek the true substance of the Way through sounds, forms, and words, it is precisely raking through ashes searching for floating bubbles. If you depart from sounds, forms, and words to seek the true substance of the Way, it is very much like searching for Chang'an while inside Hanyuan Hall. If it is entirely not like this, what is it ultimately? / A kingfisher kicks over the rain on lotus leaves; / An egret breaks through the smoke of the bamboo grove."