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title: "雪關禪師語錄 · 與徐大玉太史"
description: "雪關禪師語錄是明代禪僧雪關智誾的語錄彙編，由弟子成巒等人記錄，開詗編訂。該書成於明末禪宗傳承之際，反映了當時曹洞宗的發展面貌。內容收錄雪關禪師的上堂法語、機鋒對答、書信偈頌等，闡揚禪宗心性思想，強調頓悟見性、直指人心的修行路徑。作為明代曹洞宗重要文獻，該語錄不僅體現了雪關禪師的禪學特色，也為研究明末禪宗思想提供了珍貴史料，在佛教典籍中具有承先啟後的學術價值。"
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### 與徐大玉太史

> Letter to Grand Historian Xu Dayu

昨得叨陪麈論，乃知大智慧人不昧夙因，外境諸緣超然莫繫，而一片真實心，必欲洞明己躬下事為急，且曰：「參禪此著，如救頭然。」果激發如此，則可立地覯取，使曠大劫來不失之物頓獲現前無難矣！蓋過量人，妙能撲破虛空、吞吐華藏，得三昧王三昧，無纖毫空缺處、無一點滲漏處，自然事鏡出非、理鑒忘是，將佛法塵緣打成一片，為世出世間一大解脫觀自在豈不大快乎？王荊公嘗自謂：「我得百丈『是甚麼？』一句做宰相。」然則宗門語句，其開豁人意，迥越常情，如披雲見日、如點鐵成金，所望居士得此末後句，他日補袞受用，豈不法門藉有重光乎？邂逅之緣似非偶爾，或般若因中曾有同參之約，第吾輩接機氣力尚弱，惟大居士高踞願乘汲引同類，則片語醒人力重千鈞，豈自了漢可窺其作略哉？

> Yesterday, I was fortunate to join in your refined discourse, and I came to understand that one of great wisdom does not remain blind to past causes. External conditions and circumstances hold no sway over such a person, who stands utterly detached. Yet within this person burns a sincere heart, urgently determined to penetrate the fundamental matter of one's own being. You said: "This matter of Chan meditation is like saving one's head from fire." Such fervent resolve indeed! One can immediately perceive it, and there is no difficulty in having that which has never been lost throughout countless eons suddenly appear before one! For one of extraordinary capacity possesses the wondrous ability to shatter the void itself, to swallow and emit the entire Flower Adornment realm. Attaining the king of all samadhis, with not the slightest gap, not a trace of leakage, naturally the mirror of phenomena reveals no separate existence, and the lamp of principle forgets what is right. Buddha-dharma and worldly conditions merge into one whole—what a great liberation, what a sovereign freedom within and beyond the world! The layman Wang Jinggong once said of himself: "I attained the prime minister's seat through the single phrase 'What is this?' from Baizhang." Indeed, the words of the ancestral school open and enlighten the human mind in a way that far surpasses ordinary sentiment—like parting the clouds to see the sun, like touching iron and turning it to gold. What I hope, layman, is that you, having obtained this final word, will find it richly serviceable in the days ahead. Would not the Dharma then be illumined anew through you? Our meeting seems no mere coincidence—perhaps in the causal ground of prajñā we once shared a vow to practice together. Yet our ability to respond to the occasion and inspire others is still weak. Only you, great layman, seated high upon the vehicle of your vow, can draw forth and uplift those of like kind. A single phrase that awakens others carries the weight of a thousand catties—how could one who merely seeks his own liberation ever fathom such a masterful approach?