續傳燈錄 17.14

17.14

鄧州丹霞普月禪師上堂。威音已前誰當辯的。然燈已後孰是知音。直饒那畔承當。未免打作兩橛。縱向這邊行履。也應未得十全。良由杜口毘耶。已是天機漏洩。任使掩室摩竭。終須縫罅離披。休云體露真常。直是純清絕點。說甚皮膚脫落。自然獨運孤明。雖然似此新鮮。未稱衲僧意氣。直得五眼齊開三光洞啟。從此竿頭絲線自然不犯波瀾。須明轉位回機方解入廛垂手。所以道。任使板齒生毛。莫教眼眼顧著。認著則空花繚亂。言之則語路參差。既然如是。敢問諸人。不犯鋒鋩一句作麼生道。良久曰。半夜烏龜眼豁開。萬象曉來都一色。

Chan Master Puyue of Danxia in Dengzhou ascended the hall and said: "Before Majestic Voice, who could discern the truth? After Dīpaṃkara, who is an intimate knower? Even if you undertake it on that side, you will inevitably split it into two halves; even if you practice on this side, you must still fail to achieve total perfection. For indeed, sealing the mouth at Vaiśālī was already leaking the heavenly secret; even if one closes the chamber at Magadha, seams and cracks must ultimately break open. Do not say that the essence reveals true constancy; it must be purely clear, free of any blemish. What need is there to speak of skin shedding away? Naturally it alone functions in solitary clarity. Although fresh like this, it still does not match the spirit of a patch-robed monk. Only when the five eyes open together and the three lights thoroughly illumine will the thread on the fishing rod naturally avoid stirring the waves. One must understand shifting the position and turning the function before one can enter the marketplace with open hands. Therefore it is said: 'Even if hair grows on your teeth, do not let your eyes gaze upon it.' If you recognize it, empty flowers become confused and disorderly; if you speak of it, the path of words becomes tangled. Since it is like this, I venture to ask you all: how do you speak a phrase that does not brush against the blade?" After a long pause he said: "In the middle of the night, the tortoise's eyes open wide; / When dawn arrives, the myriad phenomena are all of one color."