人天眼目 2.154

2.154

南堂示眾云。夫參學至要。不出箇最初與末後句。透得過者。平生事畢。其或未然。更與爾分作十門。各用印證自心。看得穩當也未。一須信有教外別傳。二須知有教外別傳。三須會無情說法與有情說法無二。四須見性如觀掌上。了了分明。一一田地穩密。五須具擇法眼。六須行鳥道玄路。七須文武兼濟。八須摧邪顯正。九須大機大用。十須向異類中行。此十門。諸人還一一得穩當也未。若只是閉門作活。獨了自身。不在此限。若要荷負正宗紹隆聖種。須盡此綱要十門。方坐得曲彔木床。當得天下人禮拜。可與佛祖為師。若不到與麼田地。一向虛頭。他時異日。閻家老子。未放爾在。有麼大家出來證據。若無不用久立。

Nantang addressed the assembly, saying: "The ultimate essential in practicing and studying does not go beyond the initial and the final phrases. For one who penetrates through them, the matter of a lifetime is finished. If perhaps this is not yet so, I shall further divide them into ten gates for you, each to be used to seal and verify your own mind, to see whether you have attained stability or not:
First, you must believe that there is a separate transmission outside the teachings.
Second, you must know that there is a separate transmission outside the teachings.
Third, you must understand that insentient beings expounding the Dharma and sentient beings expounding the Dharma are not two.
Fourth, you must see the nature as if looking at the palm of your hand, completely distinct and clear, each and every ground secure and secret.
Fifth, you must possess the eye that selects phenomena.
Sixth, you must travel the bird's path and dark road.
Seventh, you must balance both the civil and the martial.
Eighth, you must crush the heterodox and manifest the orthodox.
Ninth, you must have great dynamic function and great capability.
Tenth, you must walk among different species.
In these ten gates, have you all attained stability in each and every one, or not? If you are merely working behind closed doors, settling only your own self, you are not within this limit. If you wish to shoulder the orthodox lineage and carry on the sacred lineage, you must fulfill these ten gates of the essential guidelines; only then can you sit upon the curved wooden chair, be worthy of the prostrations of all people under heaven, and be a teacher to buddhas and patriarchs. If you have not arrived at such a ground, being consistently hollow and pretentious, then on another day, Old Yama will not let you off! Is there anyone? Let everyone come forward to bear witness. If not, there is no need to stand for long."