大慧普覺禪師語錄 9.3

9.3

冬至秉拂：「豁開戶牖，妙手畫難成，當軒者誰？擡眸已蹉過。不是心，不是佛，不是物，不是禪，不是道，三世諸佛說不及，六代祖師傳不到。便恁麼去，只是箇無孔鐵鎚，直饒出得荊棘林，未免死於平地上。所以道：『言無展事，語不投機，承言者喪，滯句者迷。』可中有箇出情塵、超物外，不承言、不滯句，百草頭上薦得祖師，鬧市裏識得自己，直下如龍得水、似虎靠山，脚跟下正好朝打三千、暮打八百。何故？我王庫內無如是刀。若是出格道流，必不作這般去就。雖然如是，盡法無民，今夜放一線道，與諸人相見。」舉起拂子云：「君子道長。」畫一畫云：「小人道消。滴水一滴凍，節令不相饒，狸奴白牯鼻繩斷，水底藏身被火燒。」擊禪床一下，復舉：「本仁示眾云：『尋常不欲向聲前句後鼓弄人家男女。何故？且聲不是聲，色不是色。』有僧問：『如何是聲不是聲？』仁云：『喚作色得麼？』僧云：『如何是色不是色？』仁云：『喚作聲得麼？』僧禮拜，仁云：『且道：為爾說？答爾話？若人辯得，許爾有箇入處。』」師云：「本仁將一穿雲居子，換却天下人眼睛，却被這僧將一條斷貫索，不動干戈穿却鼻孔。後來舜老夫拈云：『本仁既已入草，這僧又落深村。然則陽春雪曲，時人難和，村歌社舞，到處與人合得著。』」師云：「舜老夫是則也是，未免隨摟摗。秉拂上座不惜眉毛，為諸人說破。聲不是聲，色不是色，馬後驢前，神出鬼沒，雪曲陽春和不齊，村歌社舞且淈𣸩。」以拂子擊禪床云：「這箇決定不是聲。」復舉起云：「這箇決定不是色。且畢竟是箇甚麼？」喝一喝云：「此時若不究根源，直待當來問彌勒。」

Holding the whisk on the winter solstice, [the Master said]: "Opening the doors and windows wide, even a skillful hand cannot paint it. Who is this right in front of the veranda? Raising your eyes, you have already missed it. It is not mind, not buddha, not a thing, not Chan, not the Way; the buddhas of the three periods cannot fully speak of it, and the patriarchs of the six generations could not transmit it. To proceed just like this is merely to be a holeless iron hammer; even if you get out of the forest of thorns, you will inevitably die on flat ground. Therefore it is said: 'Words do not unfold the matter; speech does not tally with the fundamental. Those who accept words are lost; those who stagnate in phrases are deluded.' Suppose someone transcends emotional defilements and goes beyond external things, neither accepting words nor stagnating in phrases, discerning the Patriarch atop the myriad blades of grass and recognizing himself in the bustling market—just like a dragon gaining water or a tiger leaning against a mountain, beneath his heels he deserves three thousand blows in the morning and eight hundred in the evening. Why? In my king's treasury there is no such sword. If one is a wayfarer of exceptional caliber, one certainly does not act in this manner. Although that is so, if the law is enforced to the utmost, there will be no subjects left. Tonight I open a path to meet you all." Raising his fly-whisk, he said, "The way of the gentleman grows." Drawing a line with it, he said, "The way of the petty person wanes. A single drop of water freezes drop by drop; the seasonal nodes show no mercy. The nose-ropes of wildcats and white oxen are snapped; hiding in the depths of the water, they are burned by fire." He struck the meditation couch once, and further cited: "Benren instructed the assembly, saying: 'Usually I do not wish to play tricks with other people's sons and daughters before sound and after phrases. Why? Because sound is not sound, and form is not form.' A monk asked: 'What is it that sound is not sound?' Benren said: 'Can you call it form?' The monk said: 'What is it that form is not form?' Benren said: 'Can you call it sound?' The monk bowed. Benren said: 'Tell me: am I speaking for you, or answering your words? If someone can distinguish this, I grant that you have an entry.'" The Master said: "Benren used a single string of Yunju coins to swap out the eyes of everyone in the world, yet he had his nostrils pierced without moving weapons by this monk using a piece of broken-up rope. Later, Old Man Shun commented: 'Benren had already entered the weeds, and this monk fell into a deep village again. However, the song of 'Spring Snow' is hard for contemporaries to harmonize with, whereas village songs and local dances blend in with people everywhere.'" The Master said: "Old Man Shun is right enough, but he could not avoid being swept along with the stir. The elder holding the whisk does not spare his eyebrows to lay it bare for you all. Sound is not sound, form is not form; behind the horse, in front of the donkey, appearing like spirits and vanishing like ghosts. The song of 'Spring Snow' is not harmonized with; village songs and local dances are just a muddle." Striking the meditation couch with his fly-whisk, he said, "This definitely is not sound." Raising it again, he said, "This definitely is not form. But ultimately, what is it?" He gave a shout and said, "If you do not investigate the source at this time, you will have to wait until the future to ask Maitreya."