[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003) › 7.3 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 7.3 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 7.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.7.3) 只如風穴示眾云。若立一塵。家國興盛。不立一塵。家國喪亡。且道立一塵即是。不立一塵即是。到這裏。須是大用現前始得。所以道。設使言前薦得。猶是滯殼迷封。直饒句下精通。未免觸途狂見。他是臨濟下尊宿。直下用本分草料。若立一塵。家國興盛野老顰蹙。意在立國安邦。須藉謀臣猛將。然後麒麟出鳳凰翔。乃太平之祥瑞也。他三家村裏人。爭知有恁麼事。不立一塵。家國喪亡。風颯颯地。野老為什麼。出來謳歌。只為家國喪亡。洞下謂之轉變處。更無佛無眾生。無是無非。無好無惡。絕音響蹤跡。所以道。金屑雖貴。落眼成瞖。又云。金屑眼中瞖。衣珠法上塵。己靈猶不重。佛祖是何人。七穿八穴。神通妙用。不為奇特。到箇裏。衲被蒙頭萬事休。此時山僧都不會。若更說心說性。說玄說妙。都用不著。何故。他家自有神仙境。南泉示眾云。黃梅七百高僧。盡是會佛法底人。不得他衣鉢。唯有盧行者。不會佛法。所以得他衣鉢。又云。三世諸佛不知有。狸奴白牯却知有。野老或顰蹙。或謳歌且道作麼生會。且道他具什麼眼却恁麼。須知野老門前。別有條章。雪竇雙拈了。却拈拄杖云。還有同生同死底衲僧麼。當時若有箇漢出來。道得一句。互為賓主。免得雪竇這老漢後面自點胸。 > When Fengxue instructed the assembly, saying: "If one speck of dust is established, the country flourishes; if not one speck of dust is established, the country perishes." Tell me: is establishing one speck of dust right, or is not establishing one speck of dust right? Reaching here, the great function must appear before you; only then will it do. Therefore it is said: "Even if grasped before words, one is still stuck in the shell and blind in confinement; even if thoroughly penetrating beneath phrases, one cannot avoid mad views when confronting situations." He was a venerable elder under Linji; he directly used the proper measure of fodder. "If one speck of dust is established, the country flourishes"—the rustic elder knits his brows. His intention is on establishing the state and securing the country, which requires relying on scheming ministers and fierce generals; only then do the qilin appear and the phoenix soar, which are auspicious omens of great peace. How could people in a three-family hamlet know of such affairs? "If not one speck of dust is established, the country perishes"—the wind blows briskly. Why does the rustic elder come out singing ballads? It is just because the country has perished. In the Dongshan lineage this is called the place of turning and transformation, where there is no longer Buddha or sentient beings, no right or wrong, no good or evil, utterly cut off from sound and tracks. Therefore it is said: "Though gold dust is precious, falling into the eye it causes a cataract." It is also said: "Gold dust is a cataract in the eye; the jewel in the robe is dust on phenomena. When one's own spirit is not even valued, what kind of persons are the Buddhas and ancestral masters?" Seven penetrations and eight holes, supernatural powers and wondrous functions are not considered extraordinary. Arriving here: with patch-robe covering the head, ten thousand affairs cease; at this time, this mountain monk understands nothing at all. If one further speaks of mind, speaks of nature, speaks of the mysterious, speaks of the marvelous, none of it can be used. Why? His family naturally has the realm of immortals. Nanquan instructed the assembly, saying: "The seven hundred eminent monks at Huangmei were all people who understood the Buddhadharma, yet none obtained his robe and bowl. Only Worker Lu did not understand the Buddhadharma, and therefore obtained his robe and bowl." He also said: "The Buddhas of the three periods do not know it exists; wildcats and white oxen know it exists." The rustic elder either knits his brows or sings ballads—tell me, how do you understand this? And tell me, what eye does he possess to act like this? You must know that before the rustic elder's gate, there are separate regulations. Xuedou brought up both sides, and then picked up his staff, saying: "Are there any patch-robed monks who will live together and die together?" At that time, if someone had stepped forward and uttered a phrase, acting reciprocally as host and guest, it would have saved this old fellow Xuedou from patting his own chest later. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.7.2) - [Next: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.7.4) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.7.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.10.229) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.7.3) · Pramāṇa