人天眼目 2.76

2.76

夫聲色不到。語路難詮。今古歷然。從來無間。以言顯道。曲為今時。竪拂揚眉。周遮示誨。天然上士。豈受提撕。中下之機。鉤頭取則。投機不妙。過在何人。更或躊躇。轉加鈍置。理貫帶者。理即正位也。其正位中。而無一法空同實際。其實際理地。不受一塵。

Sound and form cannot reach it; the path of language cannot explain it. Clearly evident throughout past and present, from the very beginning it has never been interrupted. Revealing the Way through words is merely an accommodation for the present age; raising the whisk and twitching the eyebrows are circumlocutions used to instruct and guide. How could a naturally superior adept need to be prodded and admonished? Those of medium or lower capacity seek a standard at the point of the fishhook. If the response to their potential is not wondrous, whose fault is it? If one hesitates still further, it only adds to the clumsiness. 'The Appendant Belt of Principle' means that Principle is the upright rank. Within that upright rank, there is not a single dharma—it is completely empty and identical with the limit of reality. In that actual ground of principle, not a single speck of dust is admitted.