佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 2.25

2.25

The pointer says: The Way has no side paths; one who stands [upon it] is solitary and precipitous. The Dharma is not seeing and hearing; speech and thought are utterly cut off. If you can penetrate through the forest of brambles and untie the bonds of buddhas and ancestors, you will attain a secure and hidden stage: the heavenly beings will find no path to scatter flowers, and non-Buddhists will find no door to peer in secretly. Walking all day without ever walking, speaking all day without ever speaking, one can then be completely at ease, displaying the dynamic of pecking and tapping simultaneously, and wielding the sword that kills and gives life. Even if it is directly like this, one must further know that in the gate of establishing and transforming, one hand lifts up while one hand presses down, which is somewhat comparable; but in the fundamental matter, there is not the slightest connection. What is the fundamental matter? Look at the case cited below: