大慧普覺禪師語錄 5.28

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榮侍郎生日請陞座，僧問：「楊岐一頭驢，為甚麼只有三隻脚？」師云：「爾少喫水草。」進云：「恁麼則覿面相呈，更無回互。」師云：「且莫詐明頭。」進云：「既是潘閬倒騎歸，為甚麼攧殺黃番綽？」師云：「非汝境界。」進云：「爭柰即今何？」師云：「且莫辜負老僧。」進云：「恩大難酬。」便禮拜，師乃云：「楊岐一頭驢，只有三隻脚，潘閬倒騎歸，攧殺黃番綽，妙喜三十年前底註脚，今日被這僧對人天眾前華擘一上，不同小小，直得楊岐和尚拍手呵呵大笑，山河大地萬象森羅一時起舞。當恁麼時，且道：是甚麼人證明？所以道：『處處真，處處真，塵塵盡是本來人，真實說時聲不現，正體堂堂沒却身。』作麼生是堂堂正體？未離兜率已降王宮，未出母胎度人已畢，豈不是堂堂正體？若作堂堂正體會，則辜負釋迦老子；若不作堂堂正體會，則辜負自己。自己既辜負，將甚麼與釋迦老子相見？若向這裏撥得一線路，方知釋迦老子在兜率天，乘日輪香象降摩耶夫人胎，只是示現箇生底時節，以至一手指天一手指地云：『天上天下唯吾獨尊。』也只是與一切人作箇示現生相底樣子。若向這裏見得，不獨為釋迦老子出氣，亦乃與生身父母出氣；不獨為生身父母出氣，亦乃與一切有情出氣。正當恁麼時，且道：承誰恩力？」良久云：「揮劍斫開人我易，推山塞斷是非難。」

Vice Minister Rong requested him to ascend the seat on his birthday. A monk asked: "Why does Yangqi's donkey have only three legs?" The Master said: "You eat little water and grass." The monk said: "If so, then meeting face to face, there is no further mutual avoidance." The Master said: "For now, do not pretend to be clever." The monk said: "Since Pan Lang rode it backwards on his return, why did he throw Huang Fanchuo to his death?" The Master said: "Not your realm." The monk said: "What can be done about right now?" The Master said: "For now, do not let down this old monk." The monk said: "Such great kindness is hard to repay," and then bowed. The Master then said: "Yangqi's donkey has only three legs; Pan Lang rode it backwards on his return, throwing Huang Fanchuo to his death. Miaoxi's footnote from thirty years ago has today been torn wide open by this monk before the assembly of humans and devas—no small matter! It directly makes Master Yangqi clap his hands and laugh aloud, while the mountains, rivers, the great earth, and the myriad phenomena all dance together at once. At just such a time, tell me: who bears witness? Therefore it is said: 'True everywhere, true everywhere, / in every speck of dust is the original person. / When the real and true is spoken, no sound appears; / the dignified authentic body eclipses the person.' What is the dignified authentic body? Before leaving Tuṣita, he had already descended into the royal palace; before leaving his mother's womb, he had already finished delivering people—is this not the dignified authentic body? If you understand it as the dignified authentic body, you let down Old Śākya; if you do not understand it as the dignified authentic body, you let down yourself. Since you let down yourself, with what will you meet Old Śākya? If you can open a line of pathway here, only then will you know that Old Śākya's descending into Queen Māyā's womb from Tuṣita Heaven riding a sun-disk fragrant elephant was merely demonstrating a time of taking birth; up to pointing one hand to heaven and one hand to earth, saying, 'In the heavens above and earth below, I alone am honored,' this too was merely showing all people an example of taking birth. If you can see into here, not only will you vent Old Śākya's spirit, but you will also vent your own birth parents' spirit; not only will you vent your birth parents' spirit, but you will also vent the spirit of all sentient beings. Just at such a time, tell me: whose gracious power do you rely on?" After a long pause, he said: "Wielding a sword to cleave apart self and other is easy; pushing a mountain to dam up right and wrong is hard."