--- title: "萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚拈古請益錄 · 第十七則廣德靈利" description: "萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚拈古請益錄，簡稱萬松老人評唱天童拈古請益錄，由宋代高僧正覺拈古，元代高僧行秀評唱而成。該書屬禪宗語錄體著作，內容輯錄天童正覺禪師對古德公案的拈提評唱，萬松行秀在此基礎上進一步闡釋發揮，以問答形式啟發學人悟入禪機。此作誕生於宋元禪宗鼎盛時期，融合了臨濟與曹洞宗風，深刻體現了禪宗“不立文字、直指人心”的宗旨，是研究宋元禪宗思想與公案詮釋的重要文獻，在佛教史上具有承先啟後的地位，為後世學人參究禪法提供了權威依據。" url: "https://rushiwowen.co/en/r/cmex4awsz2pcwjp049oibbsgt" --- ### 第十七則廣德靈利 > Guangde's Sharpness 舉僧問廣德。如何是靈利底人。未舉先知。汝當自答德云。維摩不離方丈室。文殊未到早先知。自病不解治又問。如何是靈利底人。不索問他人德云。垢膩汗衫皂角洗。未出常情又問。如何是靈利底人。恰問著呆漢德云。古墓毒蛇頭戴角。頻煩則亂天童拈云。一句子把定要關。未免私通車馬一句子不存軌則。揮開十字關一句子體用雙照。當言不避截舌若人會得。許你靈利。幾箇似天童還端的麼。却又疑著枯龜妙在孫賓手。雖是死蛇一灼爻分十字文解弄也活。 > A monk asked Guangde, "What is a truly sharp-minded person?" Understanding before it's spoken—you should answer for yourself. Guangde said, "Vimalakirti never left his humble room, yet he knew Mañjuśrī was coming before the great bodhisattva had even arrived." But unable to cure his own illness. The monk asked again, "What is a truly sharp-minded person?" Don't bother asking others. Guangde said, "Soap can wash sweat-stained shirts." Still stuck in ordinary thinking. The monk asked a third time, "What is a truly sharp-minded person?" You've just asked a slow-witted fool. Guangde said, "A venomous snake with horns inside an ancient tomb." Repeating the same question muddles the mind. Tiantong commented: "One phrase controls the key pass." Inevitably opens a secret passage for those who know. "One phrase goes beyond all rules." Sweeps open the crossroads. "One phrase reveals both essence and function simultaneously." When it's time to speak, don't fear being tongue-tied. "If you can understand this, I'll grant you are sharp-minded." 
How many could match Tiantong?
"Is this truly correct?" 
Now you start doubting.
"The withered turtle's magic lies in Master Sunbin's hands." 
Though it seems a dead snake,
"A single divination stroke splits the hexagram lines of crossroad script." 
with the right touch, it lives.
師云。襄州石門慧徹機緣。天童作廣德。今辨於此。學者應知。僧問如何是靈利底人。豈知世智辯聰。返成為難。靈利不如癡。然祖師門下以無師自然智參識心見性禪。不同守默之癡禪。迥異尋文之狂慧。華塔湍和尚道。活鱍鱍地。非常靈利。維摩居士自念寢疾於床。令文殊師利。與諸大眾俱來。即以神力。空其室內。除去諸有。及諸侍者。唯置一床。以疾而臥。廣德將此意答他。似有說話分。再問再答。早難摸𢱢也。第三全用衲僧巴鼻。所以天童逆次點出道。若人會得。許你靈利。恁麼則萬松道。某甲謹退。還端的麼。萬松道。和尚在上不錯。孫賓者。善天文遁甲鑽龜之法。𪹼則成兆。十字文開。不消一灼。天童嘗道。靈龜無卦兆。空殻不勞鑽。今日為甚麼七十二鑽無遺筴。若知禍福皆由我。始信陰陽不順情。 > The Master said: The case of Huìchè of Shímén in Xiāngzhōu – Tiāntóng once served as Guǎngdé. I now clarify it here; students should know this. A monk asked: “What is a truly sharp-witted person?” How could one not know that worldly intelligence and clever speech can actually become a hindrance? Being sharp-witted is not as good as being naïve. Yet, in the patriarchs’ tradition, they use a wisdom that is natural and without a teacher to investigate the mind and see the nature through Chán (Zen). This is different from the dull Zen of silent stillness, and far from the wild insight of those who merely cling to words. Master Tuān of Huátǎ said: “Lively and vibrant – this is not the same as ordinary sharpness.” The Layman Vimalakīrti thought to himself, while lying sick in bed: “Let Mañjuśrī come with the great assembly.” So, using his spiritual power, he emptied his room, removed all possessions and attendants, and left only a single bed, on which he lay in illness. Guǎngdé used this meaning to answer the monk – it seemed there was room for discussion. But after a second question and a second answer, it was already hard to grasp. The third time, he completely used the true style of a patch-robed monk. So Tiāntóng pointed it out in reverse order: “If someone understands this, I grant that they are sharp-witted.” If it is like this, then Wànsōng says: “I humbly step back.” Is this truly so? Wànsōng says: “The Master is above – no error.” Sūn Bīn was skilled in celestial patterns, divination, and tortoise-shell cracking. A crack forms an omen; the cross-shaped pattern opens without needing a single burn. Tiāntóng once said: “The spiritual tortoise has no trigram omen; Its empty shell need not be drilled.” So why today “seventy-two drillings leave no unfulfilled prediction”? If you know that fortune and misfortune all come from yourself, Then you will finally believe that yīn and yáng do not follow human desires.