佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.29

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雪竇見得透。方乃頌出。天馬駒日行千里。橫行竪走。奔驟如飛。方名天馬駒。雪竇頌百丈於祖域之中。東走向西。西走向東。一來一往。七縱八橫。殊無少礙。如天馬駒相似。善能交馳。方見自由處。這箇自是得他馬祖大機大用。不見僧問馬祖。如何是佛法大意。祖便打云。我若不打爾。天下人笑我去在。又問。如何是祖師西來意。祖云。近前來向爾道。僧近前。祖劈耳便掌云。六耳不同謀。看他恁麼得大自在。於建化門中。或卷或舒。有時舒不在卷處。有時卷不在舒處。有時卷舒俱不在。所以道同塗不同轍。此頌百丈有這般手脚。雪竇道。電光石火存機變。頌這僧如擊石火似閃電光。只在些子機變處。巖頭道。却物為上。逐物為下。若論戰也。箇箇立在轉處。雪竇道。機輪曾未轉。轉必兩頭走。若轉不得。有什麼用處。大丈夫漢。也須是識些子機變始得。如今人只管供他欵。彼他穿却鼻孔。有什麼了期。這僧於電光石火中。能存機變。便禮拜。雪竇道堪笑人來捋虎鬚。百丈似一箇大蟲相似。堪笑這僧去捋虎鬚。

Xuedou saw through thoroughly; only then did he put it into verse. A heavenly colt covers a thousand leagues in a day, moving horizontally and striding vertically, running like flight—only then is it called a heavenly colt. Xuedou praises Baizhang: in the realm of ancestral masters, running east to west, running west to east, coming and going, seven纵 and eight横, entirely without the slightest obstruction, like a heavenly colt well able to gallop to and fro; only then is freedom seen. This naturally came from receiving Master Ma's great dynamic function and great application. Don't you see a monk asking Master Ma: "What is the cardinal meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" Master Ma struck him and said: "If I did not strike you, people under heaven would laugh at me." The monk also asked: "What is the meaning of the Ancestral Master's coming from the West?" Master Ma said: "Come closer and I will tell you." When the monk came closer, Master Ma slapped him beside the ear, saying: "Six ears cannot plot together." Look at how he attained great sovereignty! Within the gate of establishing and teaching, sometimes rolling up, sometimes unfolding: at times unfolding is not in the place of rolling up; at times rolling up is not in the place of unfolding; at times neither rolling up nor unfolding is present. Therefore it is said: same path, different ruts. This eulogises Baizhang having this kind of hands and feet. Xuedou said: "Amid flash of lightning and spark of flint, dynamic shifts are preserved"—eulogising this monk, like striking flint, like a flash of lightning, staying right at that slight point of dynamic shift. Yantou said: "Rejecting things is superior; pursuing things is inferior." If we discuss battle, each person stands at the turning point. Xuedou said: "Before the dynamic wheel has turned; if it turns, it must run to both ends." If one cannot turn, of what use is it? A great man must understand a bit of dynamic shift before it will do. Nowadays people just keep confessing their crimes, having their nostrils pierced by others—when will there ever be an end? This monk, amid lightning flash and flint spark, was able to preserve the dynamic shift and bowed. Xuedou said: "One can laugh at a person coming to pluck the tiger's whiskers." Baizhang was like a great tiger; one can laugh at this monk going to pluck the tiger's whiskers.