續傳燈錄 12.28

12.28

南京寧陵安福子勝禪師。僧問。若立一塵家國興盛。不立一塵時如何。師曰。有眼無耳朵。六月火邊坐。僧便歸眾。師曰。三十六計走為上計。隨後便打。乃曰。問處風馳電卷。答處海納眾流。何也且大道虛曠孰以言宣。法無去來本非出沒。自今及古何曾有異。靈光不昧體露真常。心本空寂境自不生。境既不生性本常住。可謂一切諸法皆悉圓成。是故先覺有言。法本法無法。無法法亦法。今付無法時。法法何曾法。諸仁者。他無恁麼告報諸人。何不直下承當。若也承當得去。能於般若光中遊華藏世界。縱橫自在妙用無邊。擬識思量翻成露布。毫釐情念事相不忘。往復輪迴何有休息。殊不知凡之與聖皆是虛名。異相劣形本來幻色。若能自信曠劫塵勞氷消瓦解。如是則十方世界一口吞盡。何處更有一絲毫為隔為礙。雖然如是。敢問諸人。秖如達磨西來九年冷坐。箇什麼。良久曰。不要疑著。又上堂曰。萬木蕭疎群峯錯落。嚴松古柏四季長青。林下相逢更說什麼。若也揚眉瞬目。又是鬼弄精魂。更或拈拂敲床。大似隔靴抓痒。築著磕著頭脹面赤。到這裏如何得恰好。良久曰。借君一片閑田地。獨對高峯為舉揚。參。

Chan Master Zisheng of Anfu in Ningling, Nanjing. A monk asked, "If a single dust particle is established, the house and nation flourish; what is it like when not a single dust particle is established?" The Master said, "Having eyes without ears; sitting beside the fire in the sixth month." The monk then returned to the assembly. The Master said, "Of the thirty-six stratagems, running away is the best stratagem!" and immediately struck him from behind. He then said, "The questioning rushes like wind and gathers like lightning; the answering receives all streams like the ocean. Why so? The Great Way is vast and empty—who can express it in words? The Dharma has no coming or going, originally without appearing or disappearing. From now to antiquity, how has it ever been different? The spiritual light is not dimmed, its essence reveals true permanence. The mind is fundamentally empty and still; objects naturally do not arise. Since objects do not arise, the nature is fundamentally ever-abiding. It can be said that all dharmas are completely perfected. Therefore the previously awakened had a saying: 'Dharmas are fundamentally the dharma of no-dharma; the dharma of no-dharma is also a dharma. Now when the dharma of no-dharma is transmitted, what dharma has ever been a dharma?' Worthy friends, he has no such announcement for you; why do you not take responsibility for it right here? If you can take responsibility for it, you will be able to roam through the Huazang World within the light of prajñā, unfettered and at ease, with boundless wondrous function. To calculate and deliberate turns it into a public manifesto; if the slightest emotional thought or phenomenal appearance is not forgotten, how can there ever be rest in round after round of saṃsāra? Little do you know that both the ordinary and the sacred are empty names, and different aspects and inferior forms are originally illusory appearances. If you can trust yourself, the dust-like afflictions of vast kalpas will thaw like ice and break like tiles. In this way, you swallow the ten directions of the world in one mouthful—where could there still be the slightest obstruction or hindrance? Even though it is like this, I venture to ask you all: what was Bodhidharma doing, sitting coldly for nine years after coming from the West?" After a long pause, he said, "Do not doubt it." He also ascended the hall and said, "Ten thousand trees are sparse; peaks are scattered. Stern pines and ancient cypresses are evergreen through all four seasons. Meeting under the grove, what else is there to say? If you raise your eyebrows and blink your eyes, that is just ghosts playing with spirits. If you hold up a whisk and strike the seat, it is much like scratching an itch through a boot. Bumping and colliding, heads swell and faces turn red. Arriving here, how can it be just right?" After a long pause, he said, "Borrowing an idle piece of land from you, I proclaim it alone facing the high peaks. Participate!"