宏智禪師廣錄 5.19

5.19

"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!"