萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.73

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師云。雲門上堂云。一言纔舉。千差同轍。該括微塵。猶是化門之說。若是衲僧合作麼生。若將祖意佛意。這裏商量。曹溪一路平沈。還有人道得麼。道得出來。僧問。如何是超佛越祖之談。門云。餬餅。僧云。這箇有甚麼交涉。師云。灼然有甚麼交涉。乃云。爾勿可作了。見人道著祖師意。便問超佛越祖之談道理。爾且喚甚麼作佛。喚甚麼作祖。則說超佛越祖之談。便問箇出三界。爾把將三界來。有甚麼見聞覺知礙著爾。有甚麼聲色法。與汝可了。了箇甚麼椀。又有僧問。如何是超佛越祖之談。門云。蒲州麻黃。益州附子。又曰。來來。我更問爾諸人。橫擔拄杖道。我參禪學道。便覓箇超佛越祖底道理。我且問爾。十二時中行住坐臥。屙屎送尿。至於茆沆裏蟲子。市肆裏買賣羊肉案頭。還有超佛越祖底道理麼。佛果云。有者作一圓相。土上加泥。添枷帶鎖。萬松道。若要敲枷打鎖鉆鎚。問取天童頌古。頌云。

The Master said: Yunmen entered the hall and said, 'The moment a single word is raised, a thousand differences run on the same track; encompassing the finest dust is still talk of the teaching gate. If it is a patchrobed monk, what should he do? If you take the Patriarch's meaning and the Buddha's meaning to deliberate here, the Caoxi road sinks into level ground. Is there still anyone who can speak? Speak and come forth!' A monk asked, 'What is talk that transcends the buddhas and surpasses the patriarchs?' Yunmen said, 'A sesame cake.' The monk said, 'What connection does this have?' The Master said, 'Indeed, what connection does it have?' Then [Yunmen] said, 'Do not take this as an understanding! Seeing someone speak of the ancestral master's meaning, you immediately ask about the principle of talk that transcends the buddhas and surpasses the patriarchs. For now, what do you call "buddha"? What do you call "patriarch", that you speak of talk that transcends the buddhas and surpasses the patriarchs? Then you ask about leaving the three realms—bring the three realms forth! What seeing, hearing, awareness, or knowing obstructs you? What phenomena of sound and form are there for you to settle? What dish are you settling?' Another monk asked, 'What is talk that transcends the buddhas and surpasses the patriarchs?' Yunmen said, 'Ephedra from Puzhou, aconite from Yizhou.' He also said, 'Come, come! Let me ask you all further: carrying your staff horizontally across your shoulder, you say, "I study Chan and learn the Way, seeking the principle of transcending the buddhas and surpassing the patriarchs." Let me ask you: throughout the twelve periods of the day, walking, standing, sitting, lying down, defecating, and urinating, down to the bugs in the thatched ditch and on the butcher's block selling mutton in the marketplace—is there still the principle of transcending the buddhas and surpassing the patriarchs?' Foguo said, 'Some draw a circle, adding mud to earth, adding cangues and locks.' Wansong says: If you want the chisel and hammer that smash the cangue and break the lock, ask Tiantong's verse on the old case. The verse says: