大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.2

8.2

入菴示眾：「恁麼恁麼，理隨事變；不恁麼不恁麼，事得理融；恁麼中不恁麼，寬廓非外；不恁麼中却恁麼，寂寥非內。寂寥非內也，觀法界於一塵之中；寬廓非外也，見一塵遍法界之內，無始無終、無前無後、無古無今，一時清淨。便恁麼去，止宿草菴且在門外。何故？猶是教乘極則，未是衲僧本分事。直須恁麼中不恁麼，不恁麼中却恁麼，直下便揑到這裏，直得三世諸佛、諸代祖師、天下老和尚無摸𢱢處，更說甚麼內、說甚麼外，說甚麼理、說甚麼事，說甚麼法界、說甚麼一塵？」以拂子擊禪床一下云：「若向這裏證得去，在內不寂、在外不常，在無不減、在有不增，不住兩頭、不居中位，乾峯舉一不得舉二，放過一著落在第二；睦州盞子落地，楪子成七片，有甚麼過？」良久喝一喝云：「任大也須從地起，更高爭奈有天何？」復舉：「僧問巖頭：『三界競起時如何？』頭云：『坐却著。』僧云：『未審師意如何？』頭云：『移取廬山來，即向汝道。』」師云：「巖頭古佛向萬仞崖頭垂手，鑊湯鑪炭裏橫身，蓋為慈悲之故，有落草之談。今日若有人問雲門：『三界競起時如何？』只向他道：『快便難逢。』『未審師意如何？』『移取雲門山來，即向汝道。』」

Instructing the assembly upon entering the hermitage: "Being so, principle conforms to the change of phenomena; not being so, phenomena gain the harmony of principle. Not being so within being so, broad and open, it is not outside; being so within not being so, silent and still, it is not inside. In being silent and still and not inside, contemplate the dharmadhātu within a single dust mote; in being broad and open and not outside, see a single dust mote pervading within the dharmadhātu. Without beginning and without end, without before and without after, without ancient and without modern, in a single moment purely clean. Even going on like this, staying overnight in a grass hut is still remaining outside the gate. Why? It is still the utmost principle of the doctrinal teachings, not yet the proper affair of a patch-robed monk. You must directly be not so within being so, and being so within not being so; pressing straight down to this place, so that the buddhas of the three periods, the successive generations of patriarchs, and the old venerable masters of the world have nowhere to grope. What more talk of inside, what talk of outside? What talk of principle, what talk of phenomena? What talk of the dharmadhātu, what talk of a single dust mote?" Striking the meditation seat once with his fly-whisk, he said, "If you realize it right here: inside it is not silent, outside it is not permanent; in non-existence it does not diminish, in existence it does not increase; it does not abide in the two extremes, nor does it dwell in the middle position. Qianfeng brings up one and must not bring up two; letting one move go, he falls into the second. Muzhou's small cup falls to the ground, and the saucer breaks into seven pieces—what fault is there?" After a long pause, he gave a shout and said, "However great it may be, it must rise from the ground; however high it may be, what can it do against heaven?" He again cited: "A monk asked Yantou, 'What about when the three realms vie in arising?' Yantou said, 'Sit down.' The monk said, 'I wonder, what is the Master's meaning?' Yantou said, 'Move Mount Lu here, and then I will tell you.'"
The Master said, "The ancient buddha Yantou extended his hands over a cliff of ten thousand fathoms and laid his body across cauldrons of boiling water and burning coals; because of compassion, he spoke words that fell into the weeds. Today, if someone asks Yunmen, 'What about when the three realms vie in arising?' I would just say to him, 'A quick and convenient chance is hard to meet.' 'I wonder, what is the Master's meaning?' 'Move Mount Yunmen here, and then I will tell you.'"