佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.15

5.15

曹洞下有出世不出世。有垂手不垂手。若不出世目視雲霄。若出世便灰頭土面。目視雲霄即是萬仞峯頭。灰頭土面即是垂手邊事。有時灰頭土面即在萬仞峯頭。有時萬仞峯頭即是灰頭土面。其實入鄽垂手。與孤峯獨立一般。歸源了性與差別智無異。切忌作兩橛會。所以道。垂手還同萬仞崖。直是無爾湊泊處。正偏何必在安排。若到用時。自然如此。不在安排也。此頌洞山答處。後面道。琉璃古殿照明月。忍俊韓獹空上階。此正頌這僧逐言語走。洞下有此石女木馬無底籃。夜明珠。死蛇等十八般。大綱只明正位。如月照琉璃古殿。似有圓影。洞山答道。何不向無寒暑處去。其僧一似韓獹逐塊。連忙上階。捉其月影相似。又問。如何是無寒暑處。山云。寒時寒殺闍黎。熱時熱殺闍黎。如韓獹逐塊走到階上。又却不見月影。韓獹乃出戰國策。云韓氏之獹駿狗也。中山之兔狡兔也。是其獹方能尋其兔。雪竇引以喻這僧也。只如諸人。還識洞山為人處麼。良久云。討甚兔子。

Under Caodong there is appearing in the world and not appearing in the world; there is letting down the hands and not letting down the hands. If not appearing in the world, one's eyes gaze into the clouds; if appearing in the world, one covers the head with ash and the face with dirt. Gazing into the clouds is just the peak of ten thousand fathoms; covering the head with ash and the face with dirt is just the matter of letting down the hands. Sometimes covering the head with ash and the face with dirt is right on the peak of ten thousand fathoms; sometimes the peak of ten thousand fathoms is just covering the head with ash and the face with dirt. In fact, entering the marketplace letting down the hands is identical to standing solitary on an isolated peak; returning to the source and clarifying nature is no different from differentiating wisdom. Absolutely do not make a twofold understanding of them! Therefore it is said: "Letting down the hands is still like a ten-thousand-fathom cliff"—directly there is no place for you to lodge. "Why must the right and biased consist in contrivance?" When it comes to functioning, it is naturally like this; it does not consist in contrivance. This versifies Dongshan's answer. Later it says: "The ancient palace of lapis lazuli reflects the bright moon; / The clever hound of Han vainly ascends the steps." This precisely versifies this monk running after words. Under Dongshan there are these: the stone woman, the wooden horse, the bottomless basket, the luminous pearl, the dead snake, and so on—eighteen kinds. In outline, they only clarify the rank of the Right. Like the moon illuminating an ancient palace of lapis lazuli, it seems there is a round shadow. Dongshan replied, "Why not go to the place where there is no cold or heat?" That monk was just like the hound of Han chasing a clod, hurriedly ascending the steps as if catching the moon's shadow. He again asked, "What is the place where there is no cold or heat?" Dongshan said, "When it is cold, let the cold kill the ācārya; when it is hot, let the heat kill the ācārya." Like the hound of Han chasing a clod, he ran up to the steps, but then again did not see the moon's shadow. The hound of Han comes from the Strategies of the Warring States, which says that the hound of the Han clan was a swift dog, and the hare of Zhongshan was a cunning hare; only this hound could pursue this hare. Xuedou cites this as a metaphor for this monk. Just tell me, do you all recognize Dongshan's way of helping people? After a long pause he said: What rabbit are you searching for?