萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.57

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師云。世記潘岳與夏侯湛為友。二人並美姿容。張謂贊和氏之璧瑩而無瑕。隋侯之珠圓而不穴。削圓方竹杖絕却紫絨氈。白玉碾做象牙梳。黃金打作鍮石筋。弓絃上結紐子。鉢盂上安柄。爾試廻光定省看。何人不如是。百丈道。靈光獨耀逈脫根塵。既肯則未脫根塵。拈却肯路根塵自空也。六根六塵既空。六識自歸覺海。凡物有圭角即不能圓轉。欲要活卓卓無粘綴無依倚。但向肯不肯處著眼。自然不住此岸。不住彼岸。不住中流。洞山所以半肯半不肯。疎山所以肯諾不得全也。還識此人歸計麼。金鎖玄關留不住。行於異路且輪廻。

The Master said: The Shiji records that Pan Yue and Xiahou Zhan were friends, both having handsome appearance. Zhang Wei praised the jade of Mr. He as lustrous and flawless, and the pearl of Marquis Sui as round and unbored. Whittling a square bamboo staff round, cutting away purple plush felt, grinding white jade into an ivory comb, forging yellow gold into brass chopsticks, tying a knot on a bowstring, fixing a handle on an almsbowl—try turning your light around to reflect quietly and see: who is not like this? Baizhang said: 'The numinous light shines alone, far transcending sense organs and objects.' Once you agree, you have not escaped sense organs and objects; cast away the path of agreement, and organs and objects are naturally empty. Once the six sense organs and six sense objects are empty, the six consciousnesses naturally return to the sea of awakening. Whenever an object has corners and edges, it cannot turn smoothly. If you wish to be dynamic and free, without adhesion and without reliance, merely set your eye on where there is agreement and disagreement, and naturally you will not abide on this shore, not abide on the other shore, and not abide in midstream. This is why Dongshan half agreed and half disagreed, and why Shushan could not fully assent. Do you still know this person's plan of return? 'The golden lock and mysterious barrier cannot detain him; / walking on different roads, he still revolves in saṃsāra.'