如淨和尚語錄 1.128

1.128

斂衣就座。乃以拂子。擊禪床左邊云。者箇是主。擊右邊云。者箇是賓。大眾昔日。從主中去以為賓。今日從賓中來而為主。還知麼。去來無間笑忻忻。元是南山舊主人。以拂子打圓相云。面目分明。復舉拂子云。向者裡變去也。牛頭戴角。馬脚踏蹄。雲從龍風從虎。萬像軒騰。森羅作舞。所謂瞎人天眼目。眼目開明。破佛祖門庭。門庭振耀。毘贊皇都花錦。發揮大古風光。普應群機。聊隨時節。若約衲僧向上。未曾親近。早隔大千。耕破太虛。不消一钁。直饒恁麼。猶落草窠。向下文長。不如且置。只如知恩報恩一句。又作麼生。四海五湖明似鏡。太平無象賀堯天。

Gathering his robes, he took his seat. He then struck the left side of the meditation bench with his whisk and said, "This one is host." Striking the right side, he said, "This one is guest. Great assembly, in former days I departed from the host to become the guest; today I come from the guest to become the host. Do you understand yet? / Coming and going without break, smiling with joyous cheer, / I am originally the old host of South Mountain. / Striking a circle with his whisk, he said, "The features are distinct." He raised his whisk again and said, "It transforms right in this place: a cow's head wears horns; a horse's feet tread with hooves; clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger; myriad images leap and soar; the vast array of phenomena dance! That which is called blinding the eyes of humans and devas opens the eyes in brilliance; destroying the household of the Buddhas and Patriarchs makes their household shine with vitality; assisting the imperial capital's brocade of flowers, manifesting the pristine atmosphere of high antiquity; universally responding to all capacities, briefly according with the seasons. If we speak of the patch-robed monk's transcendence: before one even draws near, one is already separated by the great chiliocosm; to plow open great emptiness does not require a single mattock. Even granting it were so, one would still fall into the clumps of grass. What follows below would make the text too long; better to set it aside for now. Just tell me, what about the phrase 'knowing kindness and repaying kindness'? / The four seas and five lakes are clear as a mirror; / The Great Peace without traces honors the days of Yao."