無門關 1.105

1.105

無門曰。大凡參禪學道。切忌隨聲逐色。縱使聞聲悟道見色明心。也是尋常。殊不知。衲僧家騎聲蓋色。頭頭上明。著著上妙。然雖如是且道。聲來耳畔。耳往聲邊。直饒響寂双忘。到此如何話會。若將耳聽應難會。眼處聞聲方始親。

Wumen said: "Generally, in investigating Chan and studying the Way, it is strictly forbidden to follow sounds and pursue forms. Even if one awakens to the Way by hearing sounds and clarifies the mind by seeing forms, that is still ordinary. One does not know at all that patch-robed monks ride on sounds and cover over forms: in every circumstance they are clear; in every move they are marvelous. Even though it is so, tell me: does the sound come to the ear, or does the ear go to the sound? Even if reverberation and quietude are both forgotten, when you arrive here, how will you speak of it? If you listen with the ear, it will surely be difficult to understand; only when you hear sound at the eye will you first become intimate."