續傳燈錄 9.24

9.24

明州瑞巖智才禪師。僧問。如何是截斷眾流句。師曰好。曰如何是隨波逐浪句。師曰隨。曰如何是函蓋乾坤句。師曰合。曰三句蒙師指。如何辨古今。師曰。向後不得錯舉。上堂。天平等故常覆。地平等故常載。日月平等故四時常明。涅槃平等故聖凡不二。人心平等故高低無諍。拈拄杖卓一下曰。諸禪者。這拄杖子晝夜為諸人說平等法門。還聞麼。若聞去敢保諸人行脚事畢。若言不聞亦許諸人頂門眼正。何故是法平等無有高下。是名阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。良久笑曰。向下文長。

Chan Master Zhicai of Ruiyan in Mingzhou. A monk asked, "What is the phrase that cuts off the myriad streams?" The master said, "Fine." [The monk] said, "What is the phrase that follows the waves and pursues the billows?" The master said, "Follow." [The monk] said, "What is the phrase that covers heaven and earth?" The master said, "Close." [The monk] said, "Having received the master's instruction on the three phrases, how does one distinguish past and present?" The master said, "After this, do not quote [them] mistakenly." Ascending the hall, [the master said], "Because heaven is impartial, it constantly covers; because earth is impartial, it constantly sustains; because the sun and moon are impartial, the four seasons are constantly bright; because nirvāṇa is impartial, the noble and the ordinary are not two; because the human mind is impartial, between high and low there is no dispute." Picking up his staff and tapping it once, he said, "Chan practitioners! Day and night, this staff expounds the Dharma-gate of impartiality for everyone. Do you hear it? If you hear it, I dare guarantee that you have completed the matter of itinerant pilgrimage. If you say you do not hear it, I also grant that the eye atop your crown is upright. Why so? 'This Dharma is impartial, having neither high nor low; this is called anuttarāsamyaksaṃbodhi.'" After a pause, he laughed and said, "The text that follows is lengthy."