續傳燈錄 6.28

6.28

真州六合香積孜禪師。僧問。四山相逼則不問。六合門開事若何。師曰。七通八達。僧云。恁麼則妙用縱橫。師曰。三脚蝦蟇跳上天。問如何是坐禪僧。師曰。萬事總無能。僧云。如何是入定僧。師曰。四海本澄澄。僧云。如何是行道僧。師曰。六合勢騰騰。僧云。如何是應供僧。師曰。三輪等性空。師上堂曰。菩提之道不可圖度。萬法本空寧有真假。無為為宗無相為本。量包沙界德洽乾坤。或演一乘或垂三句。或令悟本悉使返源。究竟之中必無是事。了得本心心了了。山河大地亦閑閑。又曰。本有之心絲毫不隔。因茲錯念遂致邪非。垢盡遇人便明己見。作麼生是己見。良久曰。四海洪波靜。一輪天地秋。

Chan Master Liuhe Xiangji Zi of Zhenzhou. A monk asked, "The pressing of the four mountains is not asked about; what about when the gate of the six directions opens?" The Master said, "Thoroughly open in all directions." The monk said, "Then wondrous function is unhindered." The Master said, "A three-legged toad jumps up into heaven." He asked, "What is a monk who sits in meditation?" The Master said, "Utterly incapable in myriad affairs." The monk said, "What is a monk who enters samādhi?" The Master said, "The four seas are fundamentally clear and still." The monk said, "What is a monk who practices the Dao?" The Master said, "Surging vigor in the six directions." The monk said, "What is a monk who responds to offerings?" The Master said, "The three wheels are equally empty of intrinsic nature." The Master ascended the hall and said, "The path of bodhi cannot be calculated or measured. The myriad phenomena are fundamentally empty—how could there be true or false? Taking non-action as the core, taking signlessness as the root. Its measure envelops worlds as numerous as sand grains; its virtue accords with heaven and earth. Sometimes expounding the One Vehicle, sometimes providing the three phrases; sometimes causing one to awaken to the origin, entirely causing them to return to the source. In ultimate truth, there is certainly no such matter. If you realize the fundamental mind, the mind is clear and distinct; the mountains, rivers, and the great earth are also completely at leisure." He also said, "The fundamentally existent mind is not separated by a hair's breadth. Due to stray thoughts, one consequently falls into wrongdoing and error. When defilements are exhausted and one encounters someone, one then clarifies one's own vision. What is one's own vision?" After a long pause, he said, "The vast waves of the four seas are still; / A single round [moon], heaven and earth in autumn."