人天眼目 2.95

2.95

夫垂者。聖人垂機接物也。屈曲者。脫珍御服。著弊垢衣也。同安云。權掛垢衣云是佛。却裝珍御復名誰。珍御名不出世。垢衣名出世。僧問石門徹和尚。雲光法師為甚麼。却作牛去。徹云。陋巷不騎金色馬。回途却著破襴衫。聖人成佛後。却為菩薩。導利眾生。是名不住無為不盡有為矣。文殊師利問維摩詰云。菩薩云何通達佛道。摩詰云。菩薩行於非道。是名通達佛道（古德著語云。慈雲普覆無邊際。枯木無花爭奈何。宛轉是非從曲直。箇時消息解通風）。

To 'lower' means the sage lowers his capacity to receive and guide beings. 'Devious' means taking off the precious royal robes and putting on tattered, filthy garments. Master Tong'an said: 'Provisionally donning filthy clothes, one is called a Buddha; if one dresses again in precious royal robes, what should one be called?' Precious royal robes refer to not leaving the world; filthy clothes refer to leaving the world. A monk asked Venerable Che of Shimen: 'Why did Dharma Master Yunguang turn into an ox?' Che said: 'In a mean alley, he does not ride a golden horse; returning along the way, he wears a ragged robe instead.' After the sage realizes Buddhahood, he becomes a bodhisattva again to guide and benefit living beings. This is called 'not abiding in the unconditioned and not exhausting the conditioned.' Mañjuśrī asked Vimalakīrti: 'How does a bodhisattva penetrate the Buddha Way?' Vimalakīrti replied: 'A bodhisattva walking in non-ways is called penetrating the Buddha Way.' (An ancient master commented: "The cloud of compassion covers universally without boundary; if the withered tree bears no blossoms, what can be done? Twisting and turning through right and wrong, following crooked and straight; to understand the news of this moment is to know how to let the wind pass through.")