宏智禪師廣錄 4.264

4.264

歲旦上堂僧問。寒暑交謝。新舊推移。作麼生說箇不遷底道理。師云。昨宵猶是臘。今日又逢春。僧云。恁麼則遷去也。師云。癡漢著甚死急。僧云。也要大家知有。師云。知有底事作麼生。僧云。黃金堤畔柳。白雲嶺頭梅。師云。也須是眼裏有筋始得。師乃云。一頭白髮幾回春。方信閑身似癡人。直下放教平穩去。更將何法作根塵。法無根塵心無向背。心無向背道合自然。道合自然也。日日好日年年好年。東君刀尺裁華木。付與過頭杖子禪。

Ascending the hall on New Year's Day, a monk asked, "Cold and heat take their turns; the new and the old succeed one another. How do you speak of the principle of non-shifting?" The Master said, "Last night was still the twelfth month; today we meet spring again." The monk said, "If so, then it has shifted away." The Master said, "You foolish fellow, what is this mortal urgency?" The monk said, "We also need everyone to know it is there." The Master said, "What is this affair of knowing it is there?" The monk said, "Willows by the embankment of yellow gold; plum blossoms at the crest of the white cloud ridge." The Master said, "You must still have sinews in your eyes before you can attain it!" The Master then said: "A head of white hair through how many springs? Only now do I believe that an idle body is like a foolish person. Letting go directly, make it smooth and secure; what Dharma could you further take to be sense bases and dust? When Dharmas are without sense bases and dust, the mind has neither inclination nor aversion. When the mind has neither inclination nor aversion, the Way accords with nature. When the Way accords with nature: every day is a good day, every year is a good year. The Lord of the East with ruler and shears cuts the flowering trees, entrusting them to the Chan of the staff over one's head."