大慧普覺禪師語錄 20.23

20.23

以斯道覺斯民，儒者之事也，吾佛亦曰：「性覺妙明，本覺明妙。」又佛者覺也，既已自覺，而以此覺覺諸群迷，故曰大覺。又德山曰：「捫空追響，勞汝心神，夢覺覺非，覺亦非覺。」彥舉道友，儒釋俱學，而不偏故，取是義而名其所居，曰覺軒，以此軸來求法語，仍書尾囑之曰：「覺軒之義，是大神呪，是大明呪，是無上呪，是無等等呪。」彥舉既知是義，大神大明無上無等等矣，又何必妙喜再下註脚。然彥舉之意，非獨欲發明是義，以自覺而已，蓋因是義以覺諸未覺者。法施之普，亦佛菩薩之用心也。予嘉其志，故直書以示之。凡登是軒者，當見其義而亡軒可也；苟執軒以為義，則非獨不了其義，而亦未覩其軒也。軒義俱亡，覺心獨朗，始可與言覺也矣。覺義深遠，言不能盡，繼之以偈曰：「覺空空覺空空覺，覺覺空空空亦空，欲識無窮好消息，都盧只在此軒中。」信筆信意一揮，以塞來命而已。

Awakening these people with this Way is the affair of Ruist scholars; our Buddha also said: "The nature of awakening is wondrously luminous; original awakening is luminous and wondrous." Furthermore, 'Buddha' means 'awakened one': having already awakened oneself, one uses this awakening to awaken all the confused multitudes, and is therefore called 'the Great Awakened One.' Deshan also said: "Groping in emptiness and chasing after echoes exhausts your mind and spirit; when the dream is awakened from, one realizes it was false, and awakening too is not awakening." Fellow practitioner Yanju has studied both Confucianism and Buddhism without bias; therefore, taking this meaning, he named his dwelling 'Awakening Veranda' (Juexuan), and brought this scroll to request Dharma words, further writing an injunction at the end, saying: "The meaning of Awakening Veranda is the great divine mantra, the great bright mantra, the unsurpassed mantra, the unequalled mantra." Since Yanju already knows this meaning is the great divine, the great bright, the unsurpassed, and the unequalled, why must Miaoxi add footnotes again? Yet Yanju's intention was not merely to clarify this meaning for his own awakening alone; it was also to use this meaning to awaken those who are not yet awakened. The universality of giving the Dharma is also the aspiration of buddhas and bodhisattvas. Commending his aspiration, I have written directly to instruct him. All who mount this veranda should see its meaning and forget the veranda, and that will be fine; if one clings to the veranda as the meaning, not only will one fail to understand its meaning, but one will also not have truly seen its veranda. When both veranda and meaning are forgotten, and the awakened mind shines alone, only then can one discuss awakening with him. The meaning of awakening is deep and far-reaching, beyond the exhaustion of words; I follow it with a verse: / "Awakening is empty, emptiness is awakened, empty, empty awakening; / Awakening, awakening, empty, empty, emptiness is also empty. / If you want to know the infinite good news, / It is entirely within this veranda." / Giving free rein to the brush and intention, I toss this off merely to fulfill the request that came.