密菴和尚語錄 1.192

1.192

解夏小參：「釋迦不說說，迦葉不聞聞，天河風浪靜，星斗位區分。與麼與麼，有解有結；不與麼不與麼，無解無結；與麼不與麼，結中有解；不與麼却與麼，解中有結。忽若總不與麼，前不至村後不至店，千人萬人攢簇不入。如大日輪升于虛空，有眼者見。其清淨光明無壞無雜，雖居眾色不與一切和合，靈覺妙明揀非煅煉。當與麼時，還著得解結兩字麼？還著得佛法兩字麼？還著得世法兩字麼？還著得是非長短數字麼？酌然是著不得。何故？豈不見道：『般若如大火聚，近之則燎却面門；又如塗毒鼓，撾之則聞者皆喪。』縱饒三世諸佛六代祖師，競出頭來顯大威權，出廣長舌橫說竪說，盡在光明影裏發現，於衲僧分上全無交涉。且道衲僧有什麼長處？困來曲臂支頭睡，不怕人來偷枕頭。」復舉：「雲門問洞山：『近離甚處？』山云：『查渡。』門云：『夏在什麼處？』山云：『湖南報慈。』門云：『幾時離彼？』山云：『八月二十五。』門云：『放汝三頓棒。』山至來日却上問訊：『昨日蒙放三頓棒，不知過在什麼處？』門云：『飯袋子，江西湖南便與麼商量。』洞山豁然大悟。」師云：「雲門大師放去太奢、收來太儉，末後慇懃，何不與他本分草料，致令和泥合水？洞山與麼悟去，也是杓卜聽虛聲。」

Informal sermon on concluding the summer retreat: "Śākya spoke without speaking; Kāśyapa heard without hearing. The waves on the Heavenly River are stilled; the constellations are clearly distinguished. Thus and thus, there are conclusion and commencement; not thus and not thus, there are neither conclusion nor commencement; thus and not thus, within commencement there is conclusion; not thus and yet thus, within conclusion there is commencement. If suddenly all is not thus, one does not reach the village ahead nor the inn behind, and a thousand or ten thousand people crowded together cannot enter. Like the great sun disc ascending into empty space, those with eyes see it. Its pure radiance is indestructible and unmixed; though dwelling amid myriad colors, it does not blend with anything; its spiritual, marvelous luminosity is chosen without being forged. At such a time, can one still apply the two words 'conclusion and commencement'? Can one still apply the two words 'Buddha Dharma'? Can one still apply the two words 'worldly dharma'? Can one still apply the words 'right and wrong, long and short'? Clearly, one cannot. Why? Have you not heard it said: 'Prajñā is like a great mass of fire—approach it, and your face is scorched away; it is also like a drum smeared with poison—beat it, and all who hear it perish.' Even if the Buddhas of the three periods and the patriarchs of the six generations were to compete in stepping forward, displaying great authority and power, extending broad and long tongues, and preaching horizontally and vertically, all would appear merely within the shadow of its radiance, having entirely no connection with the portion of a patch-robed monk. And tell me, what special ability does a patch-robed monk have? When tired, bent arm pillows the head in sleep, without fear of anyone coming to steal the pillow." He further cited: "Yunmen asked Dongshan, 'Where have you come from recently?' Dongshan said, 'Chadu.' Yunmen said, 'Where did you spend the summer retreat?' Dongshan said, 'At Baoci in Hunan.' Yunmen said, 'When did you leave there?' Dongshan said, 'On the twenty-fifth day of the eighth month.' Yunmen said, 'I spare you three rounds of blows with the staff.' The next day, Dongshan went up to inquire, 'Yesterday I received your pardon of three rounds of blows, but I do not know where my fault was.' Yunmen said, 'You rice-bag! Going off to Jiangxi and Hunan like this!' Dongshan was suddenly greatly enlightened." The master said, "Great Master Yunmen let go too lavishly and gathered in too frugally. In his final earnestness, why did he not give him his proper feed of fodder, instead bringing about muddiness and mixing water? For Dongshan to be enlightened in this way was also like divination by ladle, listening to empty sounds."