佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 9.40

9.40

盲聾瘖啞杳絕機宜。盡爾見與不見聞與不聞說與不說。雪竇一時與爾掃却了也。直得盲聾瘖啞見解。機宜計較。一時杳絕。總用不著。這箇向上事。可謂真盲真聾真啞。無機無宜。天上天下堪笑堪悲。雪竇一手擡一手搦。且道笑箇什麼悲箇什麼。堪笑是啞却不啞。是聾却不聾。堪悲明明不盲却盲。明明不聾却聾。離婁不辨正色。不能辨青黃赤白。正是瞎。離婁黃帝時人。百步外能見秋毫之末。其目甚明。黃帝游於赤水沈珠。令離朱尋之不見。令喫詬尋之亦不得。後令象罔尋之方獲之。故云。象罔到時光燦爛。離婁行處浪滔天。這箇高處一著。直是離婁之目亦辨他正色不得。師曠豈識玄絲。周時絳州晉景公之子。師曠字子野（一云。晉平公之樂太師也）善別五音六律。隔山聞蟻鬪。時晉與楚爭霸。師曠唯鼓琴。撥動風絃。知戰楚必無功。雖然如是。雪竇道。他尚未識玄絲在。不聾却是聾底人。這箇高處玄音。直是師曠亦識不得。雪竇道。我亦不作離婁。亦不作師曠。爭如獨坐虛窓下。葉落花開自有時。若到此境界。雖然見似不見。聞似不聞。說似不說。飢即喫飯。困即打眠。任他葉落花開。葉落時是秋。花開時是春。各各自有時節。雪竇與爾一時掃蕩了也。又放一線道云。還會也無。雪竇力盡神疲。只道得箇無孔鐵鎚。這一句急著眼看方見。若擬議又蹉過。師舉拂子云。還見麼。遂敲禪床一下云。還聞麼。下禪床云。還說得麼。

"Blind, deaf, and mute, utterly cut off from dynamic occasions." Whether you see or do not see, hear or do not hear, speak or do not speak, Xuedou sweeps it all away for you at once. He brings you to the point where views of blindness, deafness, and muteness, as well as dynamic occasions and calculations, are all cut off at once, entirely useless. This matter of transcendence can truly be called genuine blindness, genuine deafness, genuine muteness, devoid of dynamic function and devoid of occasions. "Above heaven and below heaven, worthy of laughter, worthy of sorrow." Xuedou lifts up with one hand and presses down with the other. Tell me, what is there to laugh at, and what is there to grieve over? What is worthy of laughter is that although mute, they are not mute; although deaf, they are not deaf. What is worthy of grief is that clearly not blind, they are blind; clearly not deaf, they are deaf. "Li Lou does not distinguish the true color." Not being able to distinguish green, yellow, red, and white is truly being blind. Li Lou was a man of the Yellow Emperor's time; beyond a hundred paces he could see the tip of an autumn hair. His eyes were exceptionally sharp. When the Yellow Emperor traveled by the Red Water, he lost his pearl; he ordered Li Zhu to search for it, but he could not find it. He ordered Chi Gou to search for it, and he also failed to get it. Later he ordered Xiang Wang to search for it, and only then was it obtained. Therefore it is said: "When Xiang Wang arrives, the light is radiant; where Li Lou walks, the waves surge skyward." This supreme move is such that even Li Lou's eyes cannot distinguish its true color. "How could Shi Kuang recognize the mystic string?" In the Zhou dynasty, he was the son of Duke Jing of Jin in Jiangzhou; his style name was Ziye. (One account says he was the Grand Music Master of Duke Ping of Jin.) He was skilled at distinguishing the five tones and six pitch-pipes; across a mountain he could hear ants fighting. At that time, Jin and Chu were contending for hegemony; Shi Kuang merely played the zither, strummed the wind-strings, and knew that an attack on Chu would have no merit. Even though it was like this, Xuedou says that he had not yet recognized the mystic string; someone who is not deaf is actually deaf. This supreme mystic sound is such that even Shi Kuang cannot recognize it. Xuedou says: "I will neither be Li Lou nor Shi Kuang. How does that compare to sitting alone beneath the vacant window, where fallen leaves and opening flowers have their own seasons?" If you reach this realm, although seeing is like not seeing, hearing is like not hearing, and speaking is like not speaking, when hungry you eat rice, when tired you sleep. Leave it to the leaves falling and the flowers opening: when leaves fall it is autumn, when flowers open it is spring; each has its own season. Xuedou has swept it all away for you at once, yet he opens a sliver of a path, saying: "Do you understand or not?" Xuedou, with strength exhausted and spirit weary, could only say, "An iron hammer without a hole." To see this phrase, you must quickly open your eyes; if you hesitate and deliberate, you miss it. The Master held up his whisk and said, "Do you still see?" He then struck the meditation seat once and said, "Do you still hear?" Coming down from the meditation seat, he said, "Can you still speak?"