景德傳燈錄 29.184

29.184

夫玄談妙句。逈出三乘。既不混緣。亦非獨立。當臺應用。如朗月以晶空。轉影泯機。似明珠而隱海。且學徒有等。妙理無窮。達事者稀。迷源者眾。森羅萬象物物上明。或即理事雙袪。名言俱喪。是以慇懃指月。莫錯端倪。不迷透水之針。可付開拳之寶。略序微言。以彰事理（卿公事苑云。叢林所行十玄談皆無序引。愚曩游廬阜。得其序於同安影堂。今錄之云耳）。

Mysterious discourses and marvelous phrases transcend the three vehicles far away. They do not mingle with conditions, nor do they stand alone in isolation. Facing the dais and functioning in response, they are like the bright moon illuminating the sky. Turning their shadows and extinguishing mental mechanics, they resemble a bright pearl concealed in the ocean. Furthermore, although students have various capacities, the wondrous principle is inexhaustible: those who comprehend phenomena are few, while those who are deluded about the source are many. In the myriad phenomena, each and every thing is clear; or phenomena and principle are both cast aside, and names and words are entirely lost. Therefore, I earnestly point to the moon so that you will not mistake its direction. Not losing the needle that penetrates water, one can be entrusted with the treasure within the opened fist. I briefly write this preface to these subtle words to illustrate phenomena and principle. (The Shiyuan of Master Qing states: "The Ten Mysterious Discourses circulating in the monasteries all lacked a preface. When I traveled to Mount Lu in the past, I obtained its preface at the memorial hall of Tong'an. I record it now just as it is.")