萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.103

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師云。僧問忠國師。如何是佛法大意。師云。文殊堂裏萬菩薩。僧云。學人不會。師云。大悲千手眼。佛鑑頌。時年蔬菜賤。滿地蘿葡頭。一文買一箇。得者飽齁齁。這裏便見天童與雲門出一隻手。提折脚鐺子也。周易繫辭。君子之道。或出或處。或默或語。二人同心。其利斷金。同心之言。其臭如蘭。注云。金堅剛之物。而能斷之。言利之甚也。毛詩邶柏舟云。我心匪石。不可轉也。我心匪席。不可卷也。注石雖堅尚可轉。席雖平尚可卷。言已心志堅平過于石席。且道。忠國師。佛鑑。雲門。天童。恁麼氣急作甚。赤心片片知人少。覿面堆堆覩者稀。

The Master said: "A monk asked National Teacher Zhong, 'What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?' The Master said, 'Ten thousand bodhisattvas in the Hall of Mañjuśrī.' The monk said, 'I do not understand.' The Master said, 'The thousand hands and eyes of Great Compassion.' Fujian's verse says: 'This year vegetables are cheap, / Radish heads cover the ground; / One copper coin buys one, / Those who get them are stuffed full.' Here one sees Tiantong and Yunmen lending a single hand, lifting up the broken-legged cauldron. The 'Appended Phrases' of the *Zhouyi* says: 'The way of the gentleman: whether coming forth or staying put, whether silent or speaking; when two people are of one heart, their sharpness can cut metal; words from one heart have a fragrance like an orchid.' The commentary says: 'Metal is a hard and unyielding substance, yet it can be cut—this speaks of extreme sharpness.' The *Mao Shi* poem 'Cedar Boat' says: 'My heart is not a stone, it cannot be rolled; my heart is not a mat, it cannot be rolled up.' The commentary says: 'Though a stone is hard, it can still be rolled; though a mat is level, it can still be rolled up; this expresses that one's own determination and evenness exceed stones and mats.' Tell me: National Teacher Zhong, Fujian, Yunmen, Tiantong—why were they so flustered? Honest hearts in pieces are known by few; facing them in heaps, those who behold are rare."