..续本文上一页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师示众云、如今学道人、且要自信。莫向外觅。总上他闲尘境、都不辨邪正。祇如有祖有佛、皆是敎迹中事。有人拈起一句子语、或隐显中出、便即疑生、照天照地、傍家寻问、也大忙然。大丈夫儿、莫祇么论主论贼、论是论非、论色论财、论说闲话过日。山僧此间、不论僧俗、但有来者、尽识得伊。任伊向甚处出来、但有声名文句、皆是梦幻。却见乘境底人、是诸佛之玄旨。佛境不能自称我是佛境。还是这个无依道人、乘境出来。若有人出来、问我求佛、我即应淸净境出。有人问我菩萨、我即应慈悲境出。有人问我菩提、我即应净妙境出。有人问我涅槃、我即应寂静境出。境即万般差别、人即不别。所以应物现形、如水中月。道流、尔若欲得如法、直须是大丈夫儿始得。若萎萎随随地、则不得也。夫如㽄嗄[上音西下所嫁切]之器、不堪贮醍醐。如大器者、直要不受人惑。随处作主、立处皆眞。但有来者、皆不得受。尔一念疑、即魔入心。如菩萨疑时、生死魔得便。但能息念、更莫外求。物来则照。尔但信现今用底、一个事也无。尔一念心生三界、随缘被境、分为六尘。尔如今应用处、欠少什么。一刹那间、便入净入秽、入弥勒楼阁、入三眼国土、处处游履、唯见空名。

　　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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