萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.21

3.21

師云。洛浦辭臨濟。濟云。臨濟門下。有箇赤梢鯉魚。搖頭擺尾。向南方去也。徹底無依解轉身。乃濟下事。非轉位轉功全同也。臨濟廣錄云。唯有聽法無依道人。是諸佛之母。所以佛從無依生。若悟無依佛亦無得。若如是見得者。是真正見解。萬松道。若是洛浦轉身不得。如何解喝夾山。若道轉得身。為甚末後無語。試定當看。天童許他具眼有術。夾山亦不無他截斷天下人舌頭。善能據令。只爭教無舌人解語。撩天鼻孔。輕輕拽迴。佛果見夾山念呪語相似。乃著語云。那裏得這一落索來。萬松道。只這便是。夾山教無舌人解語也。佛果無這一落索也。只能截斷天下人舌頭。直饒別有轉身吐氣處。未必是無舌人語。且道。如何是此人境界。頌道。夜明簾外兮風月如晝。枯木巖前兮花卉長春。此是無舌人受用也。漢明帝起光明殿。以珠璣為簾箔。金戺玉階。晝夜長明。同安察云。枯木巖前差路多。洞山云。直須枯木上摻些花子。此頌棒頭喝下不無孤峻。得到百尺竿頭。更須進一步了。始得無舌人解語也。是知。無舌人出底語。方是正令全提一句親切也。到這裏眼高四海。獨步寰中。後來洛浦云。任從天下人樂欣欣。我獨不肯。直饒天下人。甘心被他截斷舌頭。夾山道。向上更有一竅在。如何是向上竅。無舌人解語。即向爾道。

The Master said: Luopu took leave of Linji. Ji said, 'Under the gates of Linji there is a red-tailed carp who, shaking its head and wagging its tail, goes off to the south.' To be thoroughly without reliance and know how to turn oneself around—this is an affair of Linji's lineage; it is not entirely identical with shifting one's position or turning over merit. The *Extensive Record of Linji* says: 'Only the person of the Way who listens to the Dharma without reliance is the mother of all buddhas. Therefore, buddhas are born from non-reliance. If you awaken to non-reliance, even buddhahood is ungraspable.' One who sees like this possesses genuine understanding. Wansong says: If Luopu could not turn himself around, how could he shout at Jiashan? If you say he did turn around, why was he wordless at the very end? Try to evaluate and see. Tiantong grants that he had eyes and skill, and Jiashan also did not lack his ability to cut off the tongues of everyone in the world, being well able to wield the command. It was only a matter of teaching a tongueless person how to speak. The nostrils facing heaven were gently hauled back. When Foguo saw Jiashan speaking like chanting an incantation, he added a turning phrase: 'Where did he get this string of entanglements?' Wansong says: This very thing is precisely Jiashan teaching the tongueless person how to speak. Foguo lacked this string of entanglements; he could only cut off the tongues of everyone in the world. Even granting that there is elsewhere a place to turn oneself around and vent one's breath, it is not necessarily the speech of a tongueless person. Tell me, what is this person's realm? The verse says: 'Outside the night-glowing curtain, wind and moon are like broad daylight; / Before the withered-tree crag, flowers and herbs are perpetual spring.' This is the tongueless person's enjoyment. Emperor Ming of Han built the Hall of Radiant Light, using pearls and gems as curtain screens, with golden thresholds and jade stairs, radiant day and night. Tong'an Cha said, 'Before the withered-tree crag, divergent paths are many.' Dongshan said, 'You must sprinkle a few flowers on the withered tree.' This verse shows that beneath the stick and shout there is no lack of solitary steepness. Having reached the top of the hundred-foot pole, one must take yet another step; only then can one make the tongueless person speak. Thus we know that the words uttered by the tongueless person are precisely the complete presentation of the correct command, a single phrase that hits home. Arriving here, one's eyes look above the four seas, walking alone throughout the realm. Later, Luopu said, 'Let everyone in the world rejoice merrily; I alone do not agree.' Even if everyone in the world willingly lets their tongues be cut off by him, Jiashan said, 'Transcendently, there is still an opening.' What is the transcendent opening? When the tongueless person knows how to speak, he will tell you.