虛堂和尚語錄 2.78

2.78

乃云：「此事甚易，因走作反以為難。何處是走作？眼見耳聞是走作，鼻嗅舌嗜是走作，運奔執捉是走作，覺觸攀緣是走作，以至舉心動念，參禪問道，穿鑿古今，是非人我，悉是走作。只有一處不走作，難以說向諸人。若說，和者不走作底，一時走作了也。」

He then said: "This matter is very easy, yet because of straying it is turned into a difficulty. Where is the straying? What the eye sees and what the ear hears is straying; what the nose smells and what the tongue tastes is straying; running about and grasping is straying; sensory contact and clinging conditions are straying; right up to raising the mind and stirring thoughts, practicing Chan and inquiring into the Way, far-fetched interpretations of ancient and modern, right and wrong, others and self—all of this is straying. There is only one place where there is no straying, but it is difficult to explain to you all. If it were explained, then even that which does not stray would all at once have strayed."