大慧普覺禪師語錄 29.5

29.5

示諭：「臘月三十日已到，要之日用，當如是觀察，則世間塵勞之心，自然銷殞矣，塵勞之心既銷殞，則來日依前孟春猶寒矣。」古德云：「欲識佛性義，當觀時節因緣。」此箇時節，乃是黃面老子出世成佛，坐金剛座降伏魔軍，轉法輪度眾生，入涅槃底時節，與解空所謂臘月三十日時節，無異無別。到這裏只如是觀，以此觀者名為正觀，異此觀者名為邪觀。邪正未分，未免隨他時節遷變。要得不隨時節，但一時放下著，放到無可放處，此語亦不受，依前只是解空居士，更不是別人。

Your letter states: 'The thirtieth day of the twelfth month has already arrived; essentially, in daily life, one ought to observe like this, and then the mind of worldly toil and defilement will naturally melt away. Once the mind of worldly toil and defilement has melted away, the coming day as before will be early spring, still cold.' An ancient worthy said: 'If you wish to know the meaning of buddha-nature, you should observe the seasonal conditions.' This season is the very season when the yellow-faced old man appeared in the world, became a buddha, sat on the vajra seat, subdued the demon armies, turned the wheel of Dharma, saved sentient beings, and entered nirvāṇa; it is neither different nor distinct from the season of the thirtieth day of the twelfth month spoken of by Layman Jiekong. Arriving here, simply observe like this; observing in this way is called correct observation, while observing differently from this is called wrong observation. Before right and wrong are distinguished, one inevitably follows its seasonal changes. If you wish not to follow the seasons, just let go all at once; letting go to the point where there is nothing left to let go of, even these words are not accepted—as before, you are just Layman Jiekong, no one else.