續傳燈錄 14.24

14.24

西京韶山杲禪師。僧問。祖意西來未審傳箇什麼。師拈起拄杖。僧云。恁麼則心外有法也。師曰。心內心外即且置。汝喚什麼作法。僧曰。天台楖𣗖。師曰。也是第二月。乃曰。七月孟秋猶熱。古往今來時節。若在佛法商量。正是弄巧成拙。若作無事話會。又與外道何別。直饒總不如斯。敢保老兄未徹。如來言祖師訣。無孔鐵鎚重下楔。自家心地亂如麻。却把指頭喚作月。莫思量休解說。千年枯骨休咬囓。從他兔走與烏飛。飢來喫飯困來歇。

Chan Master Shaoshan Gao of the Western Capital. A monk asked, "When the Patriarch's intent came from the West, what did he transmit?" The master held up his staff. The monk said, "If so, then there is Dharma outside the mind." The master said, "Let inside the mind and outside the mind be for now; what do you call Dharma?" The monk said, "A Tiantai staff." The master said, "That too is a second moon." He then said, "The seventh month, early autumn, is still hot—the season of all times, past and present. If deliberated within the Buddha Dharma, it is precisely outsmarting oneself; if taken as a discourse of nothing to do, how is it different from the non-Buddhists? Even if you avoid all of this entirely, I dare guarantee, elder brother, you have not penetrated. The words of the Tathāgatas and directives of the patriarchs drive a wedge again into a holeless iron hammer. When your own mind-ground is as tangled as hemp, you mistake the pointing finger for the moon instead. Do not ponder, cease explaining; stop gnawing on thousand-year-old dried bones. Let the rabbit run and the crow fly: when hungry, eat rice; when tired, rest."