大慧普覺禪師語錄 3.32

3.32

上堂，僧問：「過去心不可得，現在心不可得，未來心不可得時如何？」師云：「親言出親口。」進云：「未審如何受持？」師云：「但恁麼受持，決不相賺。」僧禮拜，師乃云：「過去諸如來，斯門已成就，現在諸菩薩，今各入圓明，未來修學人，當依如是法。既依如是法，只如過去心不可得，現在心不可得，未來心不可得，三世既不可得，作麼生依？若向這裏知歸，出息不涉萬緣，入息不居陰界，常轉如是經，百千萬億卷。只如今日檀越請徑山一千七百大眾，所轉者還在百千萬億卷中也無？若在其中，即取法相；若不在其中，即取非法相，故經云：『若取法相，即著我人眾生壽者；若取非法相，即著我人眾生壽者。』正當恁麼時，還有定奪得出者麼？若定奪不出，明日來向汝道。」

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "When the past mind cannot be grasped, the present mind cannot be grasped, and the future mind cannot be grasped, what then?" The Master said: "Intimate words come from an intimate mouth." The monk asked further: "I wonder how to uphold it?" The Master said: "Just uphold it like this; it will certainly not deceive you." The monk bowed. The Master then said: "'All Tathāgatas of the past have already accomplished this gate; all bodhisattvas of the present now enter its complete brilliance; people of future practice and study should rely upon such a dharma.' Since they rely upon such a dharma, taking just that the past mind cannot be grasped, the present mind cannot be grasped, and the future mind cannot be grasped—since the three periods cannot be grasped, how can one rely on it? If you know where to return here, outgoing breaths do not get entangled in the myriad conditions, and incoming breaths do not dwell in the skandha-realms; you constantly turn this sūtra, hundreds, thousands, myriads, and kotis of scrolls. Taking just today's donor inviting the one thousand seven hundred great assembly of Jingshan, is what is turned still within the hundreds, thousands, myriads, and kotis of scrolls or not? If it is within them, you seize the characteristic of dharma; if it is not within them, you seize the characteristic of non-dharma. Therefore the sūtra says: 'If one seizes the characteristic of dharma, one grasps at a self, a person, a sentient being, and a life span; if one seizes the characteristic of non-dharma, one grasps at a self, a person, a sentient being, and a life span.' Right at such a time, is there anyone who can determine this? If you cannot determine it, come tomorrow and I will speak to you."