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# 宏智禪師廣錄 5.19

宏智禪師廣錄 5.19

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.19)

它道難難。揀擇明白君自看。這裏脫揀擇脫明白。要與趙州合去。兄弟既透過揀擇。便道天際日上月下。檻前山深水寒。既透過明白。便道。髑髏識盡喜何立。枯木龍吟消未乾。這兩句。却是洞下透明白時節。趙州做處。直是摸稜。所以僧問香嚴。如何是道。枯木裏龍吟。如何是道中人。髑髏裏眼睛。後來僧問石霜。枯木裏龍吟意旨如何。霜云。猶帶喜在。髑髏裏眼睛意旨如何。霜云。猶帶識在。兄弟爾去體看。放教歇去及得盡去。消息絕去。透得徹去。所以道。轉一色功後看。自然便能向一切時中。分分曉曉。絕滲漏。透聲色。無處所。沒蹤迹。便知道。兼中至也徹底恁麼至。兼中到也徹底恁麼到。只在其間。出沒俱盡。若是其間人。知天童今夜大殺漏逗。咬牙嚙齒。殺佛殺祖去也。性燥漢。真實識得者。決定無本據。者邊也無本據。那邊也無本據。不分曉漢。於一切言說。又添一重去也。諸人分上合作麼生。若是通方底人。其間自有做處珍重。

> "He said: 'Difficult, difficult! Picking and choosing, clarity—look for yourself!' Here, shed picking and choosing, shed clarity, and you must accord with Zhaozhou. Brothers, once you have penetrated picking and choosing, you then say: 'On the horizon, the sun rises and the moon sets; in front of the railing, the mountains are deep and the waters cold.' Once you have penetrated clarity, you then say: 'When consciousness is exhausted in the skull, how can joy stand? The dragon hums in the withered wood, not yet dried up.' These two lines are precisely the season of penetrating clarity under the Dong lineage. The place where Zhaozhou worked was entirely noncommittal and free of edges. Therefore, a monk asked Xiangyan: 'What is the Way?' 'A dragon humming in withered wood.' 'What is a person of the Way?' 'An eyeball in a skull.' Later, a monk asked Shishuang: 'What is the meaning of a dragon humming in withered wood?' Shuang said: 'It still carries joy.' 'What is the meaning of an eyeball in a skull?' Shuang said: 'It still carries consciousness.' Brothers, go and embody this: let it rest and exhaust it thoroughly; let the news be cut off, and penetrate through completely. Therefore it is said: 'Look after shifting the single color of practice; naturally, at all times, one will be distinctly clear, cutting off leaks, penetrating sound and form, without location, leaving no trace.' Then one will know: arriving within the interpenetrating is thoroughly arriving like this; attaining within the interpenetrating is thoroughly attaining like this. It is solely within this that emerging and submerging are entirely exhausted. If you are a person within this, you will know that Tiantong tonight has leaked profusely, grinding his teeth, killing the Buddhas and killing the Patriarchs. A hot-tempered fellow who truly recognizes this is determined to have no basis—no basis on this side, and no basis on that side. An unclear fellow adds yet another layer over all words and explanations. What should be done on your part? If you are a person of comprehensive passage, within this you will naturally have your own place of practice. Take care!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.5.19) — English, machine translation

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