佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.25

4.25

"Thousand peaks coil and bend, blue like indigo. / Who says Mañjuśrī is opposite in dialogue?" Some say Xuedou merely brought it up again and never composed a verse on it. Just like when a monk asked Fayan, "What is a drop of water from the Cao source?" and Fayan said, "It is a drop of water from the Cao source." Also, a monk asked Venerable Jue of Langya, "Pure and inherently so, how do mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?" and Jue said, "Pure and inherently so, how do mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?" This cannot also be called merely bringing it up again. Mingzhao, the One-Eyed Dragon, also wrote a verse on this meaning, possessing dynamic function covering heaven and covering earth, which says: "Vast, encompassing sands of worlds, an exquisite saṅghārāma; / Full in view, Mañjuśrī is opposite in dialogue. / Falling short of opening the Buddha-eye at his words, / Turning the head, one sees only the emerald mountain crags." "Vast, encompassing sands of worlds, an exquisite saṅghārāma"—this points to the straw hut of the conjured temple, what is called having the dynamic function where provisional and real operate side by side. "Full in view, Mañjuśrī is opposite in dialogue. / Falling short of opening the Buddha-eye at his words, / Turning the head, one sees only the emerald mountain crags." Right at such a time, can it be called the realm of Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, or Avalokiteśvara? In the end it is not this principle. Xuedou merely altered Mingzhao's verse for his own use, yet he has exquisite needlework. "Thousand peaks coil and bend, blue like indigo"—moreover, it does not wound the sharp edge or blunder into the hand. Within the line are provisional and real, principle and phenomenon. "Who says Mañjuśrī is opposite in dialogue?" An entire night in dialogue opposite him, yet he did not know it was Mañjuśrī. Later, when Wuzhuo was tenzo on Mount Wutai, Mañjuśrī repeatedly appeared above the gruel pot; Wuzhuo would pick up the gruel-stirring ladle and strike him. Even though it was like this, it was also drawing the bow after the thief had gone. Back then, waiting until he said, "How is the Buddha Dharma maintained in the South?" a staff straight across his back would have been somewhat better. "Laughable indeed, Qingliang's many assemblies." Within Xuedou's laugh there is a blade. If you can comprehend this laugh, you will see his saying, "The former three-three and the latter three-three."