虛堂和尚語錄 8.103

8.103

師乃云：「胡言漢語，翻譯失真，此土西天，遞相狐魅。年年四月十五日，脚近前、脚退後，不敢違條越制，子細看來，冷汗如雨。直饒舉得頭來，早是桑田變海。淨慈門下，毀於佛、謗於法，不入眾數，尚且救不得一半，何況青山綠水，盡是安居，花笑鳥啼，無非禁足。山僧今夜，咬定牙關放一線道。」卓主丈。

The master then said, "Barbarian words and Chinese speech—in translation the truth is lost; this land and the Western Heaven mutually bewitch each other. Every year on the fifteenth day of the fourth month, stepping forward, stepping back, not daring to transgress the regulations or breach the rules—looking closely into it, cold sweat falls like rain. Even if you could raise your head, mulberry fields would have already turned into seas. Under the gate of Jingci, defaming the Buddha, reviling the Dharma, not entering the count of the assembly—still not even half can be saved; how much less the green mountains and emerald waters, which are entirely the peaceful dwelling, or the blossoming flowers and singing birds, which are nothing other than the confinement of feet! Tonight the mountain monk will grit his teeth and open a single thread of a way." He struck the staff.