通玄百問
玉溪通玄庵圓通大禪師設問
Master Yu Tongxuan's Questions at Jade Stream Tongxuan Hermitage
摩訶菩提蘭若萬松和尚仰答
Venerable Monk Wansong of the Great Bodhi Hermitage
龍嚴林泉老人頌
Longyan Linquan Elder's Verses
華亭生生道人梓
Published by Huating Sheng Sheng Dao Ren
問。行玄猶是涉崎嶇。如何是平坦處。
Question: Even the profound practice still traverses rugged paths. What is the level ground?
答。東西南北。
East, west, south, north.
頌。東西南北。侵天荊棘。沒足石人。不消勞力。更須透過那重關。自在縱橫方脫纏。
Hymn.
East, west, south, north— thorny brambles pierce the sky. A stone man, feet sunk deep, need not strain or strive.
Yet you must pass through that heavy gate, move freely, unbound, to truly break free from all entanglements.
問。玄玄玄處亦須呵。且道有甚麼過。
Question: Even the profoundest of profundities must be rejected. Tell me, what fault is there in that?
答。罪不重科。
Answer. The offense will not be punished twice.
頌。罪不重科。閑管多羅。未語已前早錯。那堪變態誵訛。阿呵呵。玄與玄玄爭甚麼。
問。一花百億國。且道一花在甚麼處。
Question: A single flower encompasses a hundred billion lands. Tell me, where is this single flower to be found?
答。不風流處也風流。
Answer. Even in the place where there is no grace, there is grace.
頌。不風流處也風流。無蒂花開鐵樹頭。伶俐禪和高著眼。非同春色媚皇州。
Song.
Even where grace seems absent, grace is found. A stemless flower blooms on an iron tree. O wise and clever meditator, lift your gaze— This is no springtime charm to please the court.
問。炎天似火。暑雨如湯。正當此時。如何迴避。
Question: When the summer sun blazes like fire and the hot rain pours down like boiling water, how do we find refuge in such a moment?
答。主山前。案山後。
Answer: The main peak is in front. The supporting hill is behind.
頌。主山前。案山後。日午面南看北斗。騰騰炎暑任遷流。畢竟難侵無相叟。
Song.
Before the main mountain, behind the guardian hill, At high noon, facing south, you gaze upon the Northern Dipper. The blazing heat may surge and flow as it will, Yet it can never touch the ageless sage, formless and still.
問。大海為墨。須彌為筆。且道寫箇甚麼。
The ocean is the ink, Mount Sumeru the brush. Tell me, what is being written?
答。通玄百問。
Answer. One Hundred Questions on Penetrating the Profound.
頌。通玄百問。不拘音韻。縱奪臨時。各安其分。有人問我若奚為。文彩縱橫看變運。
Ode. A hundred questions to probe the profound, not bound by rhyme or rhythm, seizing the moment as it comes, each finding their place. Should someone ask me what I am about, observe the interplay of patterns and the turning of change.
問。園裏觀花。一悟真如。今觀花也。還有悟真底麼。
Question: When you gaze at the flowers in the garden and awaken to the true reality, do you still perceive the truth in the flowers you see now?
答。試問東君也不知。
Answer. I ask the spring breeze, but it too does not know.
頌。試問東君也不知。不知底事果何為。聾於鼻孔纔堪聽。瞎似眉毛方可窺。
Ode. I ask, but even the Eastern Lord does not know. What, after all, is this matter truly about? Only when the nostrils are deaf can one truly hear; Only when the eyes are blind as eyebrows can one truly see.
問。萬物推遷。還有不推遷底麼。
Question: All things are in constant flux. Is there anything that does not change?
答。住岸却迷人。
Answer. Those who dwell on the shore are still lost.
頌。住岸却迷人。真語亦真。龍樓無宿客。鳳閣有朝臣。薦取玄中旨。誇足下塵。欲窮親切處。九盡又逢春。
Ode. Dwelling on the shore, yet the deluded are lost. True words are also true. The dragon tower has no overnight guest; The phoenix pavilion holds courtiers at dawn.
Grasp the profound meaning within the mystery, And step beyond the dust beneath your feet. To reach the heart of intimacy, When winter ends, spring arrives once more.
問。四時改變。還有不改變底麼。
Question: The four seasons change. Is there something that does not change?
答。春寒秋熱。
Answer. The chill of spring, the heat of autumn.
頌。春寒秋熱。年年不別。碧海纖塵。紅鑪片雪。霜餘葉落樹元閑。雨過雲收天愈潔。
Verse.
Spring's chill, autumn's heat, Year after year, never change. A speck of dust in the vast blue sea, A single snowflake in a red-hot furnace.
Frost passes, leaves fall—the tree stands serene. Rain ends, clouds clear—the sky grows ever more pure.
問。尋師訪道為參禪。祗如禪作麼生參。
Question: Seeking a teacher and inquiring about the Way is for the sake of practicing meditation. But what exactly is this meditation, and how does one practice it?
答。久嚮道風。
I have long admired your reputation as a teacher of the Way.
頌。久嚮道風。理事雙融。言言般若。物物圓通。其或蹉過當頭句。且向嵩陽問祖翁。
Hymn. Long have I yearned for the way's gentle breeze, Where principle and practice merge in ease. Each word is wisdom, each thing's nature clear, All interwoven, nothing held in fear. Yet if you miss the phrase that strikes your head, Go ask the Patriarch at Songyang's stead.
問。溈山水牯牛向甚麼處放。
Question: Where should the water buffalo of Weishan Mountain be set free to graze?
答。烏那青青處。
Answer. That place of deepest green.
頌。烏那青青處。斫額應難覷。更擬問如何。鷂過新羅去。牧竪高歌唱月歸。鼻頭繩斷元無據。吽。
Song. Where the crow's feathers are deepest green, Even if you hack your forehead, it's hard to reach. If you try to ask further, "How is it?" Already you've passed beyond the shores of Silla.
The shepherd boy returns, singing a high song to the moon— The rope on the ox's nose has snapped, And there's nothing left to hold on to.
Hūṃ.
問。德山是佛祖兒孫。為甚麼佛來也打。祖來也打。
Question: Virtuous Mountain is a descendant of the Buddha, so why does he strike even when the Buddha comes, and strike even when the patriarchs come?
答。不敢怠慢。
Yes. I dare not be negligent.
頌。不敢怠慢。叢林頗慣。知恩報恩。心心無間。雲門正令肯提持。管取河清并海晏。
Ode.
Never dare to slack off. In the monastic community, one becomes quite accustomed. Knowing kindness, repaying kindness. Mind after mind, without interruption. Yunmen's true command, willing to uphold. Ensuring the rivers run clear and the seas are calm.
問。臨濟是佛祖苗裔。為甚麼佛來也喝。祖來也喝。
Question: Linji was a descendant of the Buddhas and Patriarchs. Why did he shout even when the Buddha came, and shout even when the Patriarch came?
答。祇為佛來祖來。
Answer. It is precisely because the Buddha came, the patriarchs came.
頌。佛來祖來。切忌胡猜。吾今為汝。十字轟開。苟或未委真消息。更聽忽雷震九垓。咄。
Hymn. Whether the Buddha comes or the Patriarch comes, Do not wildly guess. I now for you, With ten words, blast open the way. If you have not yet grasped the true message, Then listen again to the sudden thunder shaking the nine heavens. Ho!
問。趙州指栢。靈鷲拈花。且道是同是別。
Question: When Master Zhaozhou pointed to the cypress tree, and the Buddha on Vulture Peak held up a flower—tell me, are these actions the same or different?
答。竪兩指。
He answered by holding up two fingers.
頌。竪兩指。立綱紀。付全提。而已矣。正休節外強生枝。莫認浮華并浪蘂。
Song.
Raising two fingers, Establishing the guiding principles, Entrusting the complete essence, And that is all.
Truly, do not add extra branches beyond the proper season. Do not mistake fleeting splendor and drifting petals for the truth.
問。洞山無寒暑處甚麼人受用。
Question: In the place where there is neither cold nor heat, who is the one who enjoys it?
答。嘉州石像。
Answer. The stone statue of Jiazhou.
頌。嘉州石像。眉橫眼上。逼塞虗空。無偏無黨。賞心樂事許多般。何用銜花來供養。
Ode to the Stone Statue of Jiazhou. Eyebrows arched over eyes, Filling the vast emptiness. Impartial, without bias. So many joys to delight the heart— Why bring flowers as an offering?
問。直須登徹妙高峰。祇如妙高峰作麼生登。
Question: One must directly ascend to the summit of the wondrous peak. But how does one actually ascend this wondrous peak?
答。有勞法重。
Thank you. I appreciate your kind instruction.
頌。有勞法重。當人變弄。妙握吹毛。萬邦一統。不涉纖塵歷大千。須知無用成真用。
Ode. There is the labor of the Dharma's weight. The true person plays with transformation. Skillfully grasping the razor's edge, All realms are unified as one. Not touching a speck of dust through the great cosmos— Know that what seems useless becomes true function.
問。明與無明。其性無二。如何是無二之性。
Question: Enlightenment and ignorance—their nature is not two. What is this non-dual nature?
答。天曉不露。
Answer. At daybreak, it does not reveal itself.
頌。天曉不露。龍吟宿霧。語忌十成。機貴回互。滄海曦輪欲吐光。無端還被輕煙妬。
Verse.
Dawn breaks, yet nothing is revealed. Dragons chant, veiled in the night's last mist. In speech, avoid the absolute tenfold. In insight, value the interplay of change.
The sun over the sea is about to shine, yet, for no reason, is envied by the light haze.
問。一超直入如來地。作麼生說箇超底道理。
Question: What is meant by the expression "in one leap, directly enter the Tathagata's realm"? How do we speak of this principle of leaping?
答。抱瓮之流。
Answer. Those who cling to their old ways.
頌。抱瓮之流。豈貴良謀。始信清貧常樂。方知濁富多憂。𠇾。𠇾。𠇾。得抽頭處且抽頭。
Ode. Those who cling to their ways—why prize clever schemes? Only now do I believe that purity in poverty brings lasting joy, and understand that wealth in filth brings many cares. Ah! Ah! Ah! Where you can step back, step back.
問。般若無知。為甚麼無所不知。
Question: If Prajna is without knowledge, how can it know everything?
答。莫謗他好。
Answer. Do not slander what is good in others.
頌。莫謗他好。巧說不如直道。但能語絕幽玄。便見心非做造。兀兀騰騰信自如。堦前落葉從風掃。
Verse. Do not slander others' goodness. Clever words are not as good as straightforward truth. Once you can speak beyond the profound and mysterious, you'll see the mind is not made or contrived. Serene and free, trust in what is so. Before the steps, fallen leaves are swept away by the wind.
問。明窻下安排。且道安排箇甚麼。
Question: "Arranging things by the bright window"—what exactly is being arranged?
答。適來新到。
Answer. I've just arrived.
頌。適來新到。妙通玄奧。把纜放船。相頭買帽。若非佛日顯𦚾懷。夾嶺門庭孰可造。
Ode. Newly arrived, yet fitting right in, Mastering the profound and subtle. Holding the rope, yet letting the boat drift; Checking the head, yet buying the hat. Were it not for the Buddha Sun revealing the true heart, Who could ever approach the gate of Jia Ridge?
問。長安雖閙。我國晏然。如何是我國。
Question: Though Chang'an is bustling, my kingdom remains serene. What, then, is my kingdom?
答。正閙在。
Answer. I am fully present and aware.
頌。正閙在。明眼宗師無𦊱礙。坐看喧靜與興亡。掌握乾坤彰聖代。
Verse. Right in the midst of the clamor, The clear-eyed master is without obstruction. Sitting, he observes the noise and the silence, the rise and the fall, Holding heaven and earth in his grasp, he reveals the sacred age.
問。摩騰未來此土。還有教也無。
Question: Before Matanga came to this land, was there already a teaching?
答。待無即道。
Answer. When there is no waiting, that is the Way.
頌。待無即道。探竿影草。白馬堦前。立分蒭稻。貝葉靈文絕古今。莫隨言句生憂腦。
Hymn. When there is no waiting, that is the Way. The fishing rod and shadow grass. Before the white horse steps, The hay and rice are clearly distinguished. The sacred texts on palm leaves transcend past and present. Do not let words and phrases trouble your mind.
問。達磨未來此土。還有禪也無。
Question: Before Bodhidharma came to this land, was there Zen?
答。待有即道。
Answer. If you have it, speak it.
頌。待有即道。聲光浩浩。莫錯商量。休別尋討。休尋討。柳梢畢竟無酸棗。
Hymn.
To seek is to stray from the Way. Sound and light surge vast and wide. Do not mistake your own deliberations. Cease searching elsewhere. Cease the search. On the willow branch, there is no sour jujube.
問。沒底船子為甚麼無漏堅固。
Question: Why is the bottomless boat said to be leak-proof and unshakable?
答。生鐵鑄成。
Answer: Cast from raw iron.
頌。生鐵鑄成。非重非輕。無漏堅固。來往縱橫。不涉波瀾遊性海。五濁惡世度眾生。
Ode. Forged from raw iron. Neither heavy nor light. Unbreakable, without flaw. Moving freely in all directions. Not tossed by the waves, yet roaming the Ocean of True Nature. In this world of defilement and evil, saving all beings.
問。鹽官犀牛扇子分付與恁麼人。
Question: To whom should the rhinoceros horn fan from the Salt Official be entrusted?
答。已承厚意。
Thank you. I have received your generous kindness.
頌。已承厚意。斯言可記。開口廝當。豈容擬議。停待兮明月當天。動轉兮清風帀地。
Hymn. Having received your profound kindness, These words are worth remembering. To open one's mouth is to meet directly— How can there be room for deliberation? When you pause and wait, the bright moon hangs in the sky; When you move and turn, the clear wind sweeps across the earth.
問。趙州七觔布衫多年。還破碎也無。
Question: That seven-catty robe of Zhaozhou, after all these years, has it worn out and fallen apart yet?
答。一回拈出一回新。
One time, one revelation; each time, a fresh insight.
頌。一回拈出一回新。信手拈來用最親。百二十年提掇畢。至今依舊不離身。
Verse: Each time I pick it up, it feels new, Reaching out to grasp it, so close and true. A hundred and twenty years of lifting it high, Yet even now, it never leaves my side.
問。泥牛吼月。甚麼人得聞。
Question: When the clay ox bellows at the moon, who can hear it?
答。癩漢眉毛。
Answer. A leper's eyebrow.
頌。癩漢眉毛果解聞。須彌驚起夜乘雲。知音不必頻頻舉。八兩分明是半觔。
Ode. A leper's eyebrow, indeed, can hear and understand. Mount Sumeru startles, rising on a cloud by night. For one who truly knows, no need to point again and again: Eight ounces, clearly, are half a pound.
問。木馬嘶聲。阿誰解聽。
Question: When a wooden horse neighs, who can truly understand its call?
答。徒勞拭眥。
Answer. It is as futile as trying to wipe one's eyes without hands.
頌。徒勞拭眥向空聽。萬籟聲騰本自寧。察理聆音休費力。雨餘依舊數峰青。
Ode. In vain you wipe your eyes and strain to hear the void, When all sounds arise from inherent stillness. To grasp truth or heed words, spare yourself the effort— After the rain, the peaks remain as green as ever.
問。三脚驢子弄蹄行。且道日行多少。
Question: The three-legged donkey kicks up its hooves and walks. Tell me, how far does it travel in a day?
答。莫亂走。
Answer. Do not wander aimlessly.
頌。莫亂走。落草之談誰不有。更休特地問前程。擬議思量成過咎。
Song. Do not wander aimlessly. Who hasn't heard of straying from the path? No need to ask about the future ahead. To deliberate and ponder only invites fault.
問。無角鐵牛眠少室。且道有甚麼用處。
Question: The hornless iron ox sleeps in the Shaolin Temple. Tell me, what purpose does it serve?
答。卑不動尊。
Answer. The Immovable Lord of Humility.
頌。卑不動尊。道理須存。下不測上。誰敢言論。無陰陽地非關涉。杜撰農夫枉斷魂。
Hymn.
The humble does not move the honored. The principle must be preserved. The low cannot fathom the high— Who dares to speak or judge?
The realm beyond yin and yang has no connection. The deluded farmer toils in vain, his spirit lost.
問。雖成佛道。不捨因門。且道為甚麼如此。
Question: Even after attaining Buddhahood, one does not abandon the path of causes. Why is it so?
答。一串穿却。
Answered. A string of pearls is threaded through.
頌。一串穿却。許多落索。細細思量。欵欵卜度。𠇾卜度。黑是寒鴉白是鶴。
Verse. A string strung through them all, Yet many knots remain untied. Ponder carefully, Examine thoroughly. In this thorough examination— Black is the cold crow, white is the crane.
問。諸佛不出世。為甚麼却向王宮生。
Question: If all Buddhas do not arise in the world, why then are they born in royal palaces?
答。青山常舉足。
Answer. The green mountains are always lifting their feet.
頌。青山常舉足。五目應難矚。不是大周遮。為非同世俗。同世俗。縱橫在欲而無欲。
Verse.
The green mountains are always lifting their feet. The five eyes find it hard to gaze upon them. It is not that they are broadly concealed; Rather, they are not of the same nature as the mundane world.
"Of the same nature as the mundane world"— Even while moving freely within desire, one is without desire.
問。亦無有涅槃。為甚麼却向雙林滅。
Question: If there is no such thing as Nirvana, why did the Buddha pass away beneath the twin sal trees?
答。白日不移輪。
Answer. The sun does not shift its course.
頌。白日不移輪。潛通劫外春。莫貪尋旦暮。昧却本來人。本來人。觸處居塵不染塵。
Hymn.
The bright sun does not shift its wheel, Yet secretly connects to spring beyond the kalpas. Do not cling to seeking dawn and dusk, Lest you obscure the Original Person.
The Original Person— Everywhere dwelling in dust, yet unstained by dust.
問。達磨西來。不立文字。為甚麼道金剛．楞伽是吾心要。
Question: Bodhidharma came from the West without establishing any written teachings. Why then do we say the Diamond Sutra and the Lankavatara Sutra are the essential core of our mind?
答。賴是心要。
Answer. This mind is the essential point.
頌。賴是心要。勦絕玄妙。突透禪關。通天一竅。誰知碧眼老胡僧。至今猶惹傍人笑。
Song.
Rely on this essence of mind, Cut off all profound mystery. Break through the Chan barrier, Pierce the single opening to heaven.
Who would have known that the blue-eyed old foreign monk Still makes people laugh to this day.
問。二祖覔心了不可得。為甚麼却道我自調心。非關汝事。
Question: When the Second Patriarch sought his mind but found it nowhere to be found, why did he then say, "I am taming my own mind—it has nothing to do with you"?
答。莫閑管。
Mind your own business.
頌。莫閑管。大似裁長聊補短。三星片月本無形。何勞特地生希罕。
Song. Don't meddle in idle matters. It's like cutting long to patch short— the three stars and sliver of moon have no fixed form, why strain to seek the rare and strange?
問。般若說二十空。如何揀擇。
Question: The Prajna teachings speak of twenty types of emptiness. How should one discern among them?
答。不多不少。
Answer. Not too much, not too little.
頌。不多不少。明明了了。三祖有言。諸人可曉。至道無難一句親。大慈千手難魔嬈。
Ode. Not too much, not too little. Clear and bright, perfectly understood. The Third Patriarch has a saying, Can all of you grasp it? The ultimate truth is not difficult—one phrase brings it close. Great compassion, a thousand hands—hard for demons to disturb.
問。金剛四相．圓覺四相。是同是別。
Question: Are the Four Marks in the Diamond Sutra and the Four Marks in the Perfect Enlightenment Sutra the same or different?
答。隔系不灸病。
Answer. If there is no connection, do not treat the illness.
頌。隔系不灸病。老盧摠權柄。縱奪在臨時。諸人看性命。鐵騎禪和不必爭。近來四海清如鏡。
Verse.
A disease not treated across generations, Old Lu holds all authority. Granting and taking away in the moment, Everyone, watch over your life.
Iron-clad monks need not contend, For in recent times, the four seas are clear as a mirror.
問。楞嚴二十五圓通。那箇最親切。
Question: Among the twenty-five methods for attaining perfect penetration in the Shurangama Sutra, which one is the most direct and accessible?
答。好客無疎伴。
Answer. A good host never leaves a guest unattended.
頌。好客無疎伴。不消重判斷。南山共北山。氣勢俱摩漢。明月與陰雲。愛憎人眾半。妍𡟎任彼分。吾道一以貫。
Ode. A good host makes no distinction among guests, No need to judge them again and again. The southern mountain and the northern mountain— Both stand tall, majestic and grand. The bright moon and the dark clouds— Some love them, some despise them, half and half. Let others decide what is beautiful or ugly— My way is one, consistent through it all.
問。步步登高易。甚麼處最高。
Question: It's easy to climb step by step. Where is the highest point?
答。大洋海底。
Answer. At the bottom of the great ocean.
頌。大洋海底。爭參祖禰。恰與別峰。不爭半米。
Hymn. In the vast ocean's depths, they vie to meet the ancestral master. Yet, just as they reach the other peak, not half a grain of rice is contested.
問。心心放下難。如何是放下底人。
Question: It's hard to let go of the mind. What kind of person is one who has truly let go?
答。擔取去。
Take it. Carry it away.
頌。擔取去。最是趙州親切處。滿鉢盛來一物無。莫隨狂妄生憂慮。
Song. Carry it away. This is Zhaozhou's most intimate point. The bowl is filled to the brim, yet nothing is there. Do not follow delusion and give rise to worry.
問。楊岐金剛圈甚麼人透得。
Question: Who can pass through Yangqi's diamond ring?
答。過。
Answer. Pass.
頌。過。這些關捩天來大。電光石火薦還遲。不免被他親勘破。
The verse says:
Passing through these pivotal moments, vast as the heavens. Swift as lightning, yet still too slow. In the end, you cannot avoid being seen through by him.
問。楊岐栗棘蓬。甚麼人吞得。
Question: The chestnut bramble of Yangqi—who can swallow it?
答。了。
Answered. Done.
頌。了。妙用神通非小小。佛殿燈籠更互容。此時未審何人曉。
The verse is done. The wondrous function of spiritual powers is no small matter. The lanterns in the Buddha hall shine upon each other. At this moment, who truly understands?
問。還有過得黃龍三關底麼。
答。除非和尚。
頌。除非和尚。當仁不讓。萬世規模。十方榜樣。佛手驢脚兮胡用他求。彼我生緣兮應須自向。
問。喝一喝。云。且道是賓是主。
答。賓主歷然。
頌。當時照用曾施設。正法眼藏瞎驢滅。主伴交參向上機。知音不必重甄別。
問。竪起拂子云。為你說禪了也。作麼生會。
答。今日不著便。
頌。今日不著便。大似埋兵還掉戰。大唐打破尚難求。唯要阿師通一線。
問。拈起拄杖云。還有向拄杖頭上下得一轉語底麼。
答。和尚年尊。
頌。年尊妙語足超情。不動干戈定太平。紫鷰黃鸝𠇾巧語。大音須信果希聲。
問。畫一圓相。云。三世諸佛．六代祖師總在裏許。作麼生會。
答。宿生慶幸。
頌。宿生慶幸。日煖月冷。四海收波。乾坤肅靜。欽師猶被馬師惑。直至如今猶未省。
問。以手空中點一點。云。且道這一點。明甚麼邊事。
答。歸宗猶在。
頌。歸宗猶在。兩彩一賽。這畔無妨。那邊不礙。永書八法好生看。先輩當年曾下載。
問。行不出戶。坐不當堂底人。汝等還識麼。
答。滄洲短尾龍。
頌。滄洲短尾龍。夭矯若寒松。不借葉公筆。寧拘葛氏笻。當堂無朕跡。徧界露形容。擬涉思量處。千峰與萬峰。
問。撒手那邊底人。為甚麼不居正位。
答。大功不宰。
頌。大功不宰。聲光猶在。踢倒涅槃床。踏翻寂滅海。把住放行兮觸處自由。奪正縱偏兮有勞神彩。但能就路還家。日者徒占戌亥。
問。回頭這畔底人。為甚麼不墮偏方。
答。至化無為。
頌。至化無為。闔國稱奇。清風來紫塞。皓月印丹墀。即理之事兮元非有間。即俗之真兮本不相離。自從一證無師智。遶徧閻浮足不移。
問。七縱八橫。千變萬化底人。為甚麼正合喫棒。
答。幾乎放過。
頌。幾乎放過付全提。妙用宜施果必奇。見義不為無勇也。知恩方報乃忠之。好看狹路泥中刺。善保虗囊橐裏錐。若遇頑嚚無血漢。方知鈍鐵費鉗鎚。
問。百了千當底人。將甚麼賞他。
答。趙州茶。曹山酒。
頌。趙州茶。曹山酒。不須烹醞時時有。渴來何礙兩三杯。醒後無妨七八斗。未了區區陪奉伊。恐隨嗞味徒開口。
問。風穴對五點。那點最親。
答。此點最親。
頌。此點最親。心真語真。爍開衲僧鼻孔。增新佛祖精神。建法幢於實際。立宗旨於纖塵。識情卜度知無數。直下全通有幾人。
問。雲門垂三句語。那句最妙。
答。此句最妙。
頌。此句最妙。一言便了。莫逐是非。人間擾擾。禪流著意細參詳。此上神通非小小。
問。佛不說一字。為甚麼教滿龍宮。
答。二字三字。
頌。二字三字。是義非義。般若真源。無師妙智。止啼黃葉好生看。剔起眉毛休擬議。
問。因該果海。果徹因源。祇如離却因果一句作麼生道。
答。道也未道。
頌。道也未道。不須尋討。因語識人。從苗辨草。了四諦兮不必商量。超十地兮未敢相保。
問。小始終頓圓。五教中還有禪也無。
答。識教也未。
頌。識教也未超情謂。擬別商量。楊湯止沸。銀漢浪兮雖分。瓊林花兮不異。異不異。明眼衲僧𠇾觸諱。
問。向道莫去。歸來背父。如何得不背父去。
答。切忌回頭。
頌。切忌回頭一句奇。箇中玄奧幾人知。但能足下無私去。鳥道縱橫觸處宜。
問。隨緣赴感靡不周。而恒處此菩提座。且道那裏是菩提座。
答。不是即道。
頌。不是即道。幸勿草草。瓦礫荊榛。無非至寶。妙體絕依一句玄。剎塵等徧瞿曇老。
問。菩提妙花徧莊嚴。隨所住處常安樂。那裏是菩提妙華。
答。賣盡風流不著錢。
頌。賣盡風流不著錢。知音不必更重宣。空生見慣尋常也。餓眼禪和更可怜。
問。聞鐘登寶殿。擊鼓上虗空。莫是觀音入理之門麼。
答。低聲。低聲。
頌。低聲舉似不誵訛。無恨勞生會也麼。悲智願心澄海月。聞思脩慧引風柯。杜禪和。莫蹉跎。隨聲逐色果如何。
問。絕情解。透聲色。明心見性底人還徹也未。
答。鈎在不疑之地。
頌。鈎在不疑之地。迷悟是非一致。當年潦倒玄沙。曾被靈雲返戲。你誇了了明明。我道儼然瞌睡。休瞌睡。雨餘雲霽山添翠。
問。生如著衫。死如脫袴底人。得箇甚麼道理。
答。赤手空拳。
頌。赤手空拳事事無。更須放下復迴途。若能如是承當去。方信闍黎德不孤。德不孤。莫含胡。𠇾粮萬子人皆有。祇恐臨時不丈夫。
問。過去已滅。未來未至。現在空寂。却為甚麼逆順境界現前時便透不得。
答。却知痛痒。
頌。却知痛痒。不辭提獎。昨夢初醒。是非已往。佛祖權橫在萬松。莫隨言句空勞攘。
問。多聞捨無義。多聞解了法。且道解箇甚麼法。
答。此義文長。
頌。此義文長。切忌商量。不比蠅鑽故紙。豈同蠧禦殘章。伶俐漢。莫荒唐。千手大悲難摸𢱢。無言童子善敷揚。
問。我有一句子。明盡十玄門六相義。還有人道得麼。
答。収。
頌。収。截斷眾流。三玄三要。無比無儔。菊花開日重陽至。一葉落時天下秋。
問。不住化城。直至寶所。且道那裏是寶所。
答。此處無金二兩。
頌。此處無金二兩。大似揚聲止響。衣珠歷歷分明。祇管玲竮飄蕩。若渠更擬不知處。便與攔腮轟一掌。
問。凡所有相。皆是虗妄。那箇是真實底。
答。莫妄想好。
頌。莫妄想好。更無做造。要知真妄圓融。識取菩提煩惱。貪嗔痴。無非道。筭來枉了別尋討。
問。一切有身。悉皆不淨。三十二相又作麼生。
答。打破畫瓶。
頌。打破畫瓶。猶醉忽醒。金身丈六。應物標形。秋水淨如僧眼碧。曉山濃似佛頭青。
問。禪分五派。還有優劣也無。
答。劣則總劣。
頌。劣則總劣。不可分別。缾盤釵釧。體同名別。早是圓通多口。那堪仰嶠饒舌。為君決。六月日頭到處熱。
問。教列三乘。還有勝負也無。
答。勝則俱勝。
頌。勝則俱勝。為渠親證。佛祖權衡。是定非定。雖然不與汝同槃。斤兩到頭難昧秤。
問。性相二宗還有淺深也無。
答。索另者先窮。
頌。索另先窮人盡知。圓融行布強支離。同田分貝君看取。家不和兮鄰里欺。
問。作止任滅。四病如何醫治。
答。右件各等分。
頌。右件各等分。感承垂寶訓。一丸療病安。何假驢般運。日面月面酬時。孰怕重重詢問。
問。唯一月真。中間更無是月非月。如何是真月。
答。清光何處無。
頌。清光何處無。妙德轉玄樞。穆穆金波冷。停停玉兔孤。曲鈎猶不似。明鏡轉差殊。若會雲岩舉帚意。須知元不費功夫。
問。維摩默然談不二。後代如何為舉揚。
答。謝師點破。
頌。謝師點破。二俱話墮。誰想今朝又添一箇。如斯舉唱宗乘。笑殺東村王大。
問。佛語心為宗。未審心以何為宗。
答。何所不宗。
頌。何所不宗。物物皆從。圓證一念。妙德顒顒。總似常啼渾賣却。須知死水不藏龍。
問。無門為法門。且道作麼生入。
答。誰在門外。
頌。誰在門外。乾坤非大。圓覺伽藍。久經淘汰。不必携笻月下敲。化城打破無遮礙。
問。記一箇元字脚在心。作野狐精。祇如無元字脚。作箇甚麼。
答。更有赤鬚狐。
頌。更有赤鬚狐。哀哉肘後符。識情如實有。因果不虗無。巧若拙。智如愚。幾箇男兒是丈夫。
問。道箇佛法兩字。淨漱口三日。且道佛法過在甚麼處。
答。但喫吐而唾。
頌。但喫吐而唾。幾人窺得破。摩訶修多羅。南無三滿哆。三滿哆。言滿天下無口過。
問。祖師教外別傳句。試請禪人吐露看。
答。摩訶羅骨朵。
頌。摩訶羅骨朵。未肯全許可。立雪與拈花。曾已遭懡㦬。眉毛不惜報君知。熱則趂涼寒向火。
問。石頭路滑人難過。碧玉溪邊作麼行。
答。拈起拄杖。
頌。拈起拄杖。徐行而往。乾闥城中。毗盧頂上。石頭路滑兮非功。玉溪路曠兮絕想。
問。喜得山中住。閑眠夢不驚。且道夢見箇甚麼。
答。𠇾𥧌語。
頌。𠇾𥧌語。華胥國破無依所。香嚴寂子太含胡。供水過茶祈𠃔許。
問。雲居云。居山好。且道那裏是好處。
答。通玄峰頂。
頌。通玄峰頂。天然孤逈。擬涉途程。鞭折汝脛。大隱居廛小隱山。隨人變運俱無等。
問。吾師雨花外。不下十餘年。祇在此山中作箇甚麼。
答。有年無德。
頌。有年無德。不拘軌則。指東為西。呼南作北。祇麼窮通然較些。正眼觀來猶費力。
問。此時山僧都不會。是會了不會。是不會不會。
答。師會也未。
頌。師會也未。弄粥飯氣。妙轉天輪地軸。密織文經武緯。大璞不琢兮純真。圓珠不穴兮愈貴。
問。非知之艱。行之唯難。且道作麼生行。
答。請師先進。
頌。請師先進。不存逆順。𠇾問破危成收。莫說吉凶悔吝。大道縱橫本自平。何須腰佩空王印。
問。未達法源。故多諍論。還有達徹法源底麼。
答。掀倒蒲團。
頌。掀倒蒲團闡大機。幾人於此造玄微。法源窮徹無餘底。陡覺虗空減帶圍。
問。明明不昧。了了常知底。是箇甚麼。
答。鬼眼睛。
頌。好箇英靈鬼眼睛。是非窺盡沒輸贏。爭如兀兀無知去。且與眉稜結弟兄。
問。佛性與法性如何分別。
答。別日再商量。
頌。別日再商量。慈悲為舉揚。眉毛猶不惜。意路豈遮藏。夜月光連水。朝曦影轉廊。玉溪垂示處。細細好參詳。
問。遠行與順行。且道作麼生辨。
答。還有眼麼。
頌。還有眼麼。一言包裹。了了明明。箭穿紅垛。聽聲觀色總如如。逆順同歸無不可。
問。性德本有。為甚麼不覺不知。
答。幾乎忘却。
頌。幾乎忘却。為渠酬酢。方寸靈明。豈從天爵。任麼會去。千錯萬錯。要不錯。休強續鳧來截鶴。
問。情惑本空。為甚麼隨聲逐色。
答。通方衲子。
頌。通方衲子果英靈。眼耳無妨信視聽。皓月豈離秋水碧。浮雲那礙曉峰青。聲色裏。酔還醒。六國安然本自寧。
問。比丘依四念處住。大闡提人依甚麼處住。
答。無間道中。
頌。無間道中。自西自東。快活不徹。受用無窮。君不見提婆達多曾有語。三禪天樂竟非同。
問。大乘與小乘還有相違也無。
答。一有多種。
頌。一有多種。群峰勢聳。摩漢凌空。須彌慚悚。吹毛他日當權。應剪人間繁冗。
問。真心與妄心還有相順也無。
答。二無兩段。
頌。二無兩段。非敢相謾。如如妙智。猶珠走盤。但若圓成一念。休尋萬緒千端。
問。三細六麤如何揀擇。
答。不曾曳露布。
頌。不曾曳露布。業轉現等皆分付。此義文長別日宣。且隨禪苑生機路。
問。千差萬別如何融會。
答。展開兩手。
頌。展開兩手。了無所有。暮四朝三。徒成過咎。要知融會緣由。冬後逐年數九。
問。竪起一指云。俱胝和尚向這裏放大光明。轉大法輪。諸人還見麼。
答。𭣟瞎。
頌。𭣟瞎那知眼倍明。微塵經卷了平生。指頭尖上些兒箇。消得阿師幾日程。
問。折脚鐺兒為活計。穿心椀子作生涯。通玄庵內安然坐。不管山前事似麻。且道安然底是甚麼人。
答。無功受祿漢。
頌。無功受祿漢。月為鄰兮雲作伴。飢飡渴飲困時眠。此外不消閑讚嘆。
問。無求乃樂。為甚麼善遊太子求珠。
答。禍出私門。
頌。禍出私門自偶然。莫於情識妄鑽研。白雲橫谷舒還卷。豈礙晴空與湛天(此第二十問因前遺失故補於此)。
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