佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.5

6.5

末後句為君說。雪竇頌此末後句。他意極有落草相為。頌則殺頌。只頌毛彩些子。若要透見也未在。更敢開大口便道。明暗雙雙底時節。與爾開一綫路。亦與爾一句打殺了也。末後更與爾注解。只如招慶一日問羅山云。巖頭道。恁麼恁麼不恁麼不恁麼。意旨如何。羅山召云。大師。師應諾。山云。雙明亦雙暗。慶禮謝而去。三日後又問。前日蒙和尚垂慈。只是看不破。山云。盡情向爾道了也。慶云。和尚是把火行。山云。若恁麼據大師疑處問將來。慶云。如何是雙明亦雙暗。山云。同生亦同死。慶當時禮謝而去。後有僧問招慶。同生亦同死時如何。慶云。合取狗口。僧云。大師收取口喫飯。其僧却來問羅山云。同生不同死時如何。山云。如牛無角。僧云。同生亦同死時如何。山云。如虎戴角。末後句。正是這箇道理。羅山會下有僧。便用這箇意。致問招慶。慶云。彼此皆知。何故我若東勝身洲道一句。西瞿耶尼洲也知。天上道一句。人間也知。心心相知。眼眼相照。同條生也則猶易見。不同條死也還殊絕。釋迦達磨也摸索不著。南北東西歸去來。有些子好境界。夜深同看千巖雪。且道是雙明雙暗。是同條生是同條死。具眼衲僧試甄別看。

"'The last word spoken for you' — Xuedou's eulogy on this last word has an intention that descends into the weeds on your behalf. The verse is indeed a verse, but it only eulogizes a bit of its outward sheen; if you wish to see all the way through, you are not there yet. What is more, he dares to open his big mouth and say, 'A time when brightness and darkness are both twofold,' opening a path of a thread for you, while also striking you dead with a single phrase. Afterwards, he further adds notes and explanations for you. Just consider: Zhaoqing one day asked Luoshan, 'Yantou said, "So, so; not so, not so." What was his meaning?' Luoshan called out, 'Great Master!' The master answered. Luoshan said, 'Both bright and both dark.' Zhaoqing bowed in gratitude and left. Three days later he asked again, 'The other day I received your compassion, Venerable, but I still cannot see through it.' Luoshan said, 'I told you everything without reserve.' Zhaoqing said, 'The Venerable is walking holding a fire.' Luoshan said, 'If so, bring forth your doubts and ask!' Zhaoqing said, 'What does "both bright and both dark" mean?' Luoshan said, 'Born together and dying together.' Thereupon Zhaoqing bowed in gratitude and left. Later a monk asked Zhaoqing, 'What is it like when born together and dying together?' Zhaoqing said, 'Shut your dog's mouth.' The monk said, 'Great Master, take back your mouth to eat rice.' That monk then went to ask Luoshan, 'What is it like when born together but not dying together?' Luoshan said, 'Like an ox without horns.' The monk said, 'What is it like when born together and dying together?' Luoshan said, 'Like a tiger bearing horns.' The last word is precisely this principle. A monk in Luoshan's assembly used this meaning to pose a question to Zhaoqing. Zhaoqing said, 'Both know. Why? If I utter a phrase in Pūrvavideha, Aparagodānīya also knows; if I utter a phrase in the heavens, the human realm also knows. Mind and mind know each other; eye and eye reflect each other.' Being born on the same branch is still easy to see; not dying on the same branch is truly extraordinary. Even Śākya and Bodhidharma cannot grasp it. 'North, south, east, west: come back!' There is a bit of a good realm here. 'Late at night, looking together at the snow on a thousand peaks' — tell me, is this both bright and both dark, is it being born on the same branch, or is it dying on the same branch? Monks with the true eye, try to make a distinction and see!