[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001) › 5.26 # 宏智禪師廣錄 5.26 宏智禪師廣錄 5.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.26) 小參僧問。二邊純莫立。中道不須安。意旨如何。師云。者裏無爾下脚處。僧云。古聖不安排。至今無處所。師云。僧堂中捺粥捺飯。是甚麼人。僧云。二六時中。直得飽齁齁地。師云。果然是箇粥飯僧。僧云。畢竟教它向甚麼處著到。師云。天外更無行底路。其間獨自要惺惺。僧云。舉頭殘照在。元是住居西。師云。混處不通風。到時無伴侶。僧禮拜。師乃云。一切處收攝不得。一切時籠罩不下。所以道。勞籠不肯住。呼喚不回頭。古聖不安排。至今無處所。若是恁麼做底漢。直是普天匝地。東西南北四維上下。要且無空闕處。便勞籠不肯住。既勞籠不肯住。便呼喚不回頭。不唯釋迦老子。達磨大師恁麼做。若是爾妄想心盡。差別事消。驀直恁麼去。恰恰地不墮第二念。正恁麼時。有甚麼向背。有甚麼物我。有甚麼彼此。直然混不得類不齊。何故如此。在一切時一切處。惺惺歷歷地。不被它蓋蔽却。不被它籠罩却。何處不是上座出身路子。所以道。萬像之中獨露身。唯人自肯乃方親。昔年謬向途中覓。今日觀來火裏氷。若恁麼辨得出。箇時一絲一糝著不得。若有一毫頭。便被三界礙。正恁麼時。也無三界可出。也無三界可入。混混地如一顆明珠相似。本色衲僧。當恁麼做珍重。 > At an informal gathering, a monk asked: "'Do not establish the two extremes purely; there is no need to settle in the middle way.' What is the meaning?" > The Master said: "Here there is no place for you to step down." > The monk said: "'The ancient sages did not arrange it; to this day it has no dwelling place.'" > The Master said: "In the monks' hall, the one ladling gruel and dishing up rice—who is that person?" > The monk said: "Throughout the twelve periods of the day, thoroughly stuffed and sated." > The Master said: "Indeed, you are a gruel-and-rice monk." > The monk said: "In the end, where would you have him settle?" > The Master said: "Beyond heaven there is no path to walk; within it, one must be clearly aware all alone." > The monk said: "'Lifting the head, the lingering glow remains; originally, the residence is in the west.'" > The Master said: "In the mixed place, no wind gets through; when you arrive, there are no companions." > The monk bowed. The Master then said: "In no place can it be gathered in; in no time can it be caged. Therefore it is said: 'Refusing to stay in a cage, not turning the head when called. The ancient sages did not arrange it; to this day it has no dwelling place.' If one is a fellow who acts like this, it truly spans all heaven and earth—east, west, south, north, the four intermediate directions, above and below—and after all there is no empty gap. Thus, refusing to stay in a cage, having refused to stay in a cage, one does not turn the head when called. Not only did old Śākya and Grand Master Bodhidharma act in this way: if your mind of deluded thinking is exhausted and differential affairs dissolve, going straight ahead in this way, precisely not falling into a second thought, just at such a time, what facing or turning away is there? What object and self are there? What other and this are there? Straightforwardly unmixable, not of an equal class. Why is this so? At all times and in all places, clearly and distinctly aware, not obscured by them, not caged by them—where is it not the elder's path to cast off the body? Therefore it is said: 'Amidst the myriad forms the body is uniquely revealed; only when one affirms it for oneself is it intimate. In former years mistakenly sought on the road; looking at it today, it is ice in the fire.' If you can discern it like this, at this time not a single thread or particle can be attached. If there is the tip of a single hair, one is immediately obstructed by the three realms. Just at such a time, there are no three realms to leave, and no three realms to enter, undulating like a bright pearl. A genuine patch-robed monk should act like this. Take care!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.25) - [Next: 5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.27) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.5.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.26) · Pramāṇa