萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.145

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師云。清涼道。宗通自修行。說通示未悟。本出楞伽經。佛告大慧。有二種通。宗通者。為緣自得勝進相。遠離言說文字妄想。趣無漏界。緣自覺趣。光明輝發。是名宗通相。云何說通相。謂說九部種種教法。離異不異有無等相。以巧方便。如應說法。是名說通相。講徒云。說通。宗不通。如日被雲籠。宗通。說不通。如蛇入竹筒。宗通。說亦通。如日處虛空。宗說俱不通。如犬吠茅叢。既分宗說。已是兩岐。那堪禪分五派。教列三乘。箇中一亦不立。皆強為也。何況出口入耳。請益拈頌。葛藤引蔓過新羅。鞏縣茶瓶湯不絕。非但南方商量浩浩地。若是道火不燒口底人。辯似懸河元無一字。種田博飯雖是家常。其奈不是飽參不知其趣。古人深山裏。钁頭邊。折脚鐺中。煮脫粟飯。富不過知足。一世不求人。貴不過清閑。何須印如斗。所以道。參飽明知無所求。子房終不貴封侯。史記漢六年封功臣。或謂張良未甞有戰鬪功。高帝曰。運籌帷幄之中。決勝千里之外。子房功也。使自擇齊三萬戶。良曰。始臣下邳與上會留。此天以臣授陛下。用臣計而幸時中。臣願封留足矣。不敢當三萬戶。此頌不必開堂演法斆南方也。離騷經漁父歌曰。滄浪之水清兮。可以濯我纓。滄浪之水濁兮。可以濯我足。此乃猿鶴共處。魚鳥同游。且道。是甚麼人。本色檐板漢。

The Master said: Qingliang said, 'Mastery of the principle is self-cultivation; mastery of exposition instructs the unawakened.' This originally comes from the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. The Buddha told Mahāmati, 'There are two kinds of mastery. As for mastery of the principle: relying on conditions, one attains by oneself the mark of superior progression, departs far from words, letters, and deluded concepts, and proceeds to the outflow-free realm. Relying on self-realization, one proceeds, and radiance blazes forth. This is called the mark of mastery of the principle. What is the mark of mastery of exposition? It means preaching the nine classes of various teachings, leaving behind marks of difference, non-difference, existence, non-existence, and so on, and preaching the Dharma according to capacity with skillful means. This is called the mark of mastery of exposition.' Lecturers say: 'Mastery of exposition without mastery of the principle is like the sun shrouded by clouds; mastery of the principle without mastery of exposition is like a snake entering a bamboo tube; mastery of both principle and exposition is like the sun dwelling in empty space; mastery of neither principle nor exposition is like a dog barking at a patch of cogon grass.' Having already divided principle and exposition, there are already two branches; how much worse that Chan is divided into five schools and the teachings are ranked in three vehicles! Herein, not even one is established; they are all forced effort. How much more so going out of the mouth and into the ear, seeking instruction, raising cases and versifying them: entangling vines extend their tendrils past Silla, and boiling water in the Gong County tea-kettle never ceases. Not only are discussions surging and roaring in the south! If one is a person whose mouth is not burned by the word 'fire', eloquence like a suspended river originally contains not a single word. Planting fields to barter for rice is an ordinary household affair, but unless one has trained to the full, one does not understand its relish. The ancients cooked unhusked millet rice in a broken-legged cauldron beside a hoe deep in the mountains. Wealth is nothing more than knowing contentment—not begging from others all one's life; nobility is nothing more than pure leisure—why need a seal of office as big as a peck? Therefore it is said: 'Fully trained, one clearly knows there is nothing to seek; / Zifang in the end did not value being enfeoffed as a marquis.' The Records of the Grand Historian says that in the sixth year of the Han, meritorious ministers were enfeoffed. Someone suggested that Zhang Liang had never had combat merits. Emperor Gaozu said, 'Devising strategies within the command tent, deciding victory a thousand li away—this is Zifang's merit.' He told him to select for himself thirty thousand households in Qi. Liang said, 'At first, when this subject met Your Majesty at Xiapi and joined you at Liu, this was Heaven bestowing this subject upon Your Majesty. Your Majesty used this subject's plans, and fortunately they struck the mark. This subject wishes to be enfeoffed with Liu, which is sufficient; I dare not accept thirty thousand households.' This verse means there is no need to open a hall and expound the Dharma in imitation of the south. The 'Fisherman's Song' in the Li Sao says, 'When the waters of the Canglang are clear, I can wash my hat-strings; when the waters of the Canglang are muddy, I can wash my feet.' This is residing together with apes and cranes, swimming along with fish and birds. Now tell me, what kind of person is this? A genuine board-carrying fellow.