佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 1.43

1.43

古人有晨參暮請。翠嵒至夏末。却恁麼示眾。然而不妨孤峻。不妨驚天動地。且道。一大藏教。五千四十八卷。不免說心說性。說頓說漸。還有這箇消息麼。一等是恁麼時節。翠嵒就中奇特。看他恁麼道。且道他意落在什麼處。古人垂一鉤。終不虛設。須是有箇道理為人。人多錯會道。白日青天說無向當話。無事生事。夏末先自說過。先自點檢。免得別人點檢他。且喜沒交涉。這般見解。謂之滅胡種族。歷代宗師出世。若不垂示於人。都無利益。圖箇什麼。到這裏見得透。方知古人有驅耕夫之牛。奪飢人之食手段。如今人問著。便向言句下咬嚼。眉毛上作活計。看他屋裏人。自然知他行履處。千變萬化。節角聱訛。著著有出身之路。便能如此與他酬唱。此語若無奇特。雲門保福長慶三人。咂咂地與他酬唱作什麼。保福云。作賊人心虛。只因此語。惹得適來說許多情解。且道保福意作麼生。切忌向句下覓他古人。爾若生情起念。則換爾眼睛。殊不知。保福下一轉語。截斷翠嵒脚跟。長慶云。生也。人多道。長慶隨翠嵒脚跟轉。所以道生也。且得沒交涉。不知長慶自出他見解道生也。各有出身處。我且問爾。是什麼處是生處。一似作家面前。金剛王寶劍。直下便用。若能打破常流見解。截斷得失是非。方見長慶與他酬唱處。雲門云。關。不妨奇特。只是難參。雲門大師。多以一字禪示人。雖一字中。須具三句。看他古人。臨機酬唱。自然與今時人逈別。此乃下句底樣子。他雖如此道。意決不在那裏。既不在那裏。且道在什麼處。也須子細自參始得。若是明眼人。有照天照地底手脚。直下八面玲瓏。雪竇為他一箇關字。和他三箇。穿作一串頌出。

The ancients had morning instructions and evening requests. At the end of the summer, Cuiyan nevertheless addressed the assembly like this. Yet it is nonetheless solitary and steep, nonetheless earth-shaking. Tell me: does the whole great canon of teachings—five thousand forty-eight fascicles—inevitably speaking of mind and nature, speaking of sudden and gradual, have this news or not? In just such a season, Cuiyan was extraordinary among them. Look at him speaking in this way, and tell me: where did his intent fall? When the ancients lowered a single hook, it was never cast in vain; there had to be a reason to help people. Many people mistakenly understand it, saying: 'Under the bright sun and blue sky he spoke words with nowhere to turn; without an issue he created an issue. At the end of the summer he first spoke of his own faults and examined himself first to avoid others examining him.' Fortunately, this has no connection. This kind of view is called extinguishing the Hu race. When the successive generations of lineage masters appeared in the world, if they did not offer pointers to people, it would be entirely without benefit—what would they be aiming for? When you see through to this point, only then will you know that the ancients had the method of driving away the plowman's ox and snatching away the starving man's food. Nowadays, when people are questioned, they immediately chew upon the words and phrases and make a living on the eyebrows. Look at that person of the household: naturally he knows where he treads. Thousand transformations and ten thousand changes, knobby twists and thorny turns—at every step there is a path of escape, so he can thus harmonize with him. If these words were not extraordinary, why would the three—Yunmen, Baofu, and Changqing—so eagerly harmonize with him? Baofu said: 'One who acts as a thief has an uneasy heart.' Just because of these words, they stirred up all those emotional interpretations spoken of just now. Tell me, what was Baofu's meaning? You must strictly avoid seeking that ancient under the phrases! If you produce feelings and give rise to thoughts, your eyes will be swapped out. Little do you know that Baofu's delivery of a turning phrase cut off Cuiyan's heels. Changqing said: 'They have grown.' Many people say: 'Changqing turned along with Cuiyan's heels, and that is why he said they have grown.' Fortunately, this has no connection! They do not realize that Changqing brought forth his own understanding when he said they have grown. Each has his own place of escape. Let me ask you: what place is the place of growth? It is just like the diamond king's jeweled sword before an adept, used directly on the spot. If you can smash the views of the common run and cut off gain and loss, right and wrong, only then will you see where Changqing harmonized with him. Yunmen said: 'Barrier!' It is indeed extraordinary, but it is just difficult to investigate. Master Yunmen mostly showed people with one-word Chan. Although in a single word, it must contain three phrases. Look at the ancients: facing dynamic moments and harmonizing, they were naturally vastly different from people of today. This is a model for uttering phrases. Although he spoke like this, his intent was definitely not there. Since it is not there, tell me: where is it? You must also investigate it thoroughly yourself before you get it. If you are a person of clear eye, you possess the moves that illuminate heaven and earth, immediately eight-sided and translucent. For that single word 'barrier' of his, Xuedou strung all three of them together and chanted them in a verse eulogy: