..續本文上一頁use of circumstances everywhere—you spring up in the east and disappear in the west, spring up in the south and disappear in the north, spring up in the center and disappear at the border, spring up at the border and disappear in the center, walk on the water as on land, and walk on the land as on water.

　　“How is this possible

　　 Because you have realized that the four elements are like dreams, like illusions. Followers of the Way, the you who right now is listening to my discourse is not the four elements; this you makes use of the four elements. If you can fully understand this, you are free to go or to stay [as you please].

　　“From my point of view, there is not a thing to be disliked. If you love the“sacred”, what is sacred is no more than the name “sacred”.

　　“There”s a bunch of students who seek Manjuśrī on Mount Wutai. Wrong from the start! There”s no Manjuśrī on Wutai. Do you want to know Manjuśrī

　　 Your activity right now, never changing, nowhere faltering—this is the living Manjuśrī. Your single thought”s nondifferentiating light—this indeed is the true Samantabhadra. Your single thought that frees itself from bondage and brings emancipation everywhere—this is the Avalokiteśvara samādhi. Since these [three] alternately take the position of master and attendants, when they appear they appear at one and the same time, one in three, three in one. Gain understanding such as this, and then you can read the sutras.”

　　16師示衆雲、如今學道人、且要自信。莫向外覓。總上他閑塵境、都不辨邪正。祇如有祖有佛、皆是敎迹中事。有人拈起一句子語、或隱顯中出、便即疑生、照天照地、傍家尋問、也大忙然。大丈夫兒、莫祇麼論主論賊、論是論非、論色論財、論說閑話過日。山僧此間、不論僧俗、但有來者、盡識得伊。任伊向甚處出來、但有聲名文句、皆是夢幻。卻見乘境底人、是諸佛之玄旨。佛境不能自稱我是佛境。還是這個無依道人、乘境出來。若有人出來、問我求佛、我即應淸淨境出。有人問我菩薩、我即應慈悲境出。有人問我菩提、我即應淨妙境出。有人問我涅槃、我即應寂靜境出。境即萬般差別、人即不別。所以應物現形、如水中月。道流、爾若欲得如法、直須是大丈夫兒始得。若萎萎隨隨地、則不得也。夫如㽄嗄[上音西下所嫁切]之器、不堪貯醍醐。如大器者、直要不受人惑。隨處作主、立處皆眞。但有來者、皆不得受。爾一念疑、即魔入心。如菩薩疑時、生死魔得便。但能息念、更莫外求。物來則照。爾但信現今用底、一個事也無。爾一念心生叁界、隨緣被境、分爲六塵。爾如今應用處、欠少什麼。一刹那間、便入淨入穢、入彌勒樓閣、入叁眼國土、處處遊履、唯見空名。

　　The master addressed the assembly, saying, “You who today study the Way must have faith in yourselves. Don”t seek outside or you”ll just go on clambering after the realm of worthless dusts, never distinguishing true from false. [Notions] like “There are buddhas, there are patriarchs” are no more than matters in the teachings. When someone brings forward a phrase or comes forth from the hidden and the revealed, you are at once beset by doubt. You appeal to heaven, appeal to earth, run to question your neighbors, and are utterly perplexed. Resolute men, don”t pass your days in idle chatter this way, talking of rulers and talking of outlaws, discussing right and discussing wrong, speaking of women and speaking of money.

　　“As for me, whoever comes here, whether monk or layman, I discern him through and through. Regardless of where he comes from, his words and phrases are all just dreams and illusions. On the other hand, it”s obvious that one in control of every circumstance [embodies] the mysterious principle of all the buddhas. The state of buddhahood does not of itself proclaim, “I am the state of buddhahood!” Rather, this very man of the Way, dependent upon nothing, comes forth in control of every circumstance.

　　“If someone comes and asks about seeking buddha, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of purity; if someone asks about bodhisattvahood, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of compassion; if someone asks me about bodhi, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of pure mystery; if someone asks me about nirvana, I immediately appear in conformity with the state of serene stillness. Though there be ten thousand different states, the person does not differ. Therefore,

　　According with things he manifests a form,

　　Like the moon [reflecting] on the water.

　　“Followers of the Way,…

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