大慧普覺禪師語錄 27.9

27.9

謙禪歸，領所賜教，并親書數頌，初亦甚疑之，及詢謙子細，方知不自欺，曠劫未明之事，豁爾現前不從人得，始知法喜禪悅之樂，非世間之樂可比。山野為國太歡喜，累日寢食俱忘，兒子作宰相，身作國夫人，未足為貴，糞掃堆頭收得無價之寶，百劫千生受用不盡，方始為真貴耳。然切不得執著此貴，若執著則墮在尊貴中，不復興悲起智憐愍有情耳。記取記取。

When Chan monk Qian returned, I received the teachings you bestowed and the verses written in your own hand; at first I was quite doubtful of them, but upon inquiring into Qian's details, I only then knew that you do not deceive yourself. The matter that had not been clarified for boundless eons has clearly appeared before you without being obtained from another; only then do you know that the joy of the Dharma and the pleasure of Chan cannot be compared to worldly pleasures. This rustic monk was so joyful for the Grand Dowager that for several days I forgot both sleep and food. For a son to be prime minister and for oneself to be a Grand Dowager of the state is not yet sufficient to be noble; to pick up a priceless jewel from atop a dung heap, an inexhaustible resource for hundreds of eons and thousands of lives, is only then true nobility. Yet you must never cling to this nobility; if you cling to it, you will fall into rank and nobility, no longer giving rise to compassion and wisdom to pity sentient beings. Keep this in mind! Keep this in mind!