密菴和尚語錄 1.68

1.68

施主追修，請上堂：「諸佛未出世，達磨不西來，人人抱荊山之璞，箇箇懷赤水之珠。及乎五葉開敷，千燈續焰，便見生死交謝，寒暑迭遷。北里豪家，昨日歌兮今日哭。蔣山與麼告報，大似移花兼蝶至，買石得雲饒。諸人若善參詳，管取終日於聲色頭上坐臥，聲色不能染污；終日於生死界中出沒，生死不能籠罩。且據箇什麼道理便能如是？」驀拈拄杖云：「千聖不知何處去？倚天長劍逼人寒。」

At a donor's request for posthumous merits, the Master ascended the hall: "Before the Buddhas appeared in the world and before Bodhidharma came from the west, everyone embraced the uncarved jade of Mount Jing, and each bore the pearl of the Red River. When the five petals unfolded and a thousand lamps continued the flame, birth and death were seen to alternate, and cold and heat to succeed each other. In the wealthy mansions of the northern quarter, yesterday's singing turns to today's weeping. Jiangshan's announcement like this is much like 'moving flowers, butterflies also arrive; buying stones, clouds are plentiful.' If you all examine this well, you are guaranteed all day long to sit and lie atop sounds and forms, yet sounds and forms cannot defile you; all day long you will emerge and submerge within the realm of birth and death, yet birth and death cannot envelope you. But based on what principle can one be like this?" Suddenly holding up his staff, he said: "Where have the thousand sages gone? The long sword leaning against the sky threatens with its chill."