[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 4.57 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.57 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.57) 師云。第二頭分悟破迷。明來暗謝。智起惑亡。皆是途中事。周易略例。罤者所以在兔。得兔而忘罤。筌者所以在魚。得魚而忘筌。然則言者象之罤也。象者意之筌也。存言者非得象者也。存象者非得意者也。若向第二頭。道少他悟。達一迴不得。爭奈道。設有妙悟亦須吐却。快須撒手到家更無一物。始忘罤捨筌。功夫智識。盡屬第二頭。及盡功夫。不可智知。始得少分相應。莊子外篇駢拇第八云。駢於足者。連無用之肉。枝於手者。樹無用之指。注駢拇足大指。連第二指也。枝指六指也。功若不盡。如駢拇連無用之肉也。春秋。楚文王伐申過鄧。鄧祁侯曰吾甥也。止而享之。騅甥聃甥養甥。請殺楚子。鄧侯弗許。三甥曰。亡鄧國者必此人也。若不早圖。後君噬臍。注云不及也。智不到處。智不能知。兔老圓月也。丹霞淳和尚道。水澄月滿道人愁。氷盤秋露泣。戀著即不堪也。大荒經。崑崙丘上。有琅玕玉樹。結子如珠而小也。玄中銘。靈木迢然鳳無依倚。與鶴不停機。皆不許守戀坐著也。鳥寒而凄。不欲落他根株枝葉也。詩抑篇。白珪之玷尚可磨也。玉內病曰瑕。體破也。外病曰玷。色污也。此頌。仰山貴白珪無玷。不落第二頭。如何是第一頭。大悟後方知不是。 > The Master said: To distinguish enlightenment and smash delusion in the 'second head'—light arriving and darkness receding, wisdom arising and confusion perishing—are all matters along the road. The \*General Remarks on the Changes of the Zhou\* says: 'A snare is that by which one catches a hare; once the hare is obtained, one forgets the snare. A trap is that by which one catches a fish; once the fish is obtained, one forgets the trap. Thus, words are snares for images, and images are traps for meaning. One who preserves the words does not obtain the images; one who preserves the images does not obtain the meaning.' If, toward the second head, one says that his enlightenment is deficient, he will never attain it; yet what about the saying: 'Even if there is wondrous enlightenment, you must still spit it out'? You must swiftly let go your hands; when you arrive home where not a single thing remains, only then do you forget the snare and abandon the trap. Effort and intellectual knowledge both belong to the second head; when effort is exhausted and cannot be known by intellect, only then do you attain a small measure of accord. Chapter eight of the outer chapters of the \*Zhuangzi\*, 'Webbed Toes', says: 'Webbing on the feet joins useless flesh; an extra branch on the hands grows a useless finger.' The commentary says: 'Webbed toes mean the big toe joins the second toe; an extra branch means a sixth finger.' If effort is not exhausted, it is like webbed toes joining useless flesh. The \*Spring and Autumn Annals\* records: When King Wen of Chu attacked Shen, he passed through Deng. Marquis Qi of Deng said, 'He is my nephew,' and detained him to feast him. The three nephews, Zhui, Dan, and Yang, asked permission to kill the Viscount of Chu, but the Marquis of Deng refused. The three nephews said: 'The one who destroys the state of Deng will certainly be this man. If we do not make plans early, later our lord will bite his navel.' The commentary says: 'It will be too late.' Where intellect does not reach, intellect cannot know. The 'hare growing old' refers to the round moon. Venerable Danxia Chun said: 'When the water clears and the moon is full, the person of the Way grieves; on the icy platter, autumn dew weeps'—to cling and attach is indeed unbearable. The \*Classic of the Great Wilderness\* says: 'On the Kunlun Mound there are langgan gem trees, bearing fruit like pearls but smaller.' The \*Inscription on the Dark and Central\* says: 'The spiritual tree is vast and solitary; the phoenix has nothing to rely upon, and the crane does not halt its loom'—both do not permit keeping, clinging, or settling into sitting. When the bird is cold and chilled, it does not wish to fall into its root, trunk, branches, or leaves. The 'Yi' poem of the \*Classic of Odes\* says: 'A flaw in a white jade mace may still be ground away.' An internal defect in jade is called a flaw (breaking the body); an external defect is called a stain (soiling the colour). This verse praises Dayang's valuing the white jade mace without stain, not falling into the second head. What is the first head? Only after great enlightenment do you know it is not. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.56) - [Next: 4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.58) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.4.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.57) · Pramāṇa