佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.46

8.46

六識無功伸一問。古人學道。養到這裏。謂之無功之功。與嬰兒一般。雖有眼耳鼻舌身意。而不能分別六塵。蓋無功用也。既到這般田地。便乃降龍伏虎。坐脫立亡。如今人但將目前萬境。一時歇却。何必八地以上。方乃如是。雖然無功用處。依舊山是山水是水。雪竇前面頌云。活中有眼還同死。藥忌何須鑒作家。蓋為趙州投子是作家。故云。作家曾共辨來端。茫茫急水打毬子。投子道。念念不停流。諸人還知落處麼。雪竇末後教人自著眼看。是故云。落處不停誰解看。此是雪竇活句。且道落在什麼處。

"The six consciousnesses without effort pose a question." When the ancients studied the Path, cultivating themselves to this point, it was called the "effort of no-effort." It is just like an infant: though it has eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, it cannot distinguish the six dusts, because it is effortless. Having reached such a stage, one then subdues dragons and tames tigers, sits and sheds the body, or passes away standing up. If people today could simply set aside the myriad surroundings before them all at once, why would one need to reach the eighth stage or above before being like this? Even in this state of effortless application, mountains are still mountains and waters are still waters. Earlier, Xuedou's verse said: "Alive, having eyes, he is yet the same as dead; why must the adept be scrutinized with medicinal cautions?" Because Zhaozhou and Touzi were adepts, it is said: "An adept master has tested where it comes from. On vast, rushing water, striking a ball." Touzi said: "Thought after thought flowing without stop." Do you all know where it lands? At the end, Xuedou teaches people to look for themselves with their own eyes; therefore he says: "Where it lands, it does not stop: who knows how to watch it?" This is Xuedou's living phrase. But tell me, where does it land?