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117. No Final Phrase 一百一十七、末后无句

Teacher Qi Zhijun | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation

〖公案原文〗 [Original Koan Text]
师因见老宿上堂云：“我在老师会中，得个末后句，不免布施大众。”良久云：“不与万法为侣者，是什么人？待汝一口吸尽西江水，即向汝道。”便下座。 A master, having seen an elder monk ascend the Dharma seat and say, “While attending my teacher, I obtained the final phrase; I cannot refrain from bestowing it upon the assembly.” After a long pause, he said, “Who is one who does not keep company with the myriad dharmas? When you swallow all the water of the West River in a single gulp, I will tell you.” Then he descended from the seat.
师云：“山僧即不然。‘我在老师会中，得个末后句，不免举似大众。’便下座。” The master said, “This mountain monk would not put it that way: ‘While attending my teacher, I obtained the final phrase; I cannot refrain from presenting it to the assembly.’” He then descended from the seat.
〖锯解秤砣〗 [Sawing Apart a Scale Weight]
有一位老禅师上堂说禅，他是这么说的：“我在老师会中，得个末后句，不免布施大众。”良久，又说：“不与万法为侣者，是什么人？待汝一口吸尽西江水，即向汝道。”说完就下座了。 An old Chan master once ascended the Dharma seat to speak on Chan. This is what he said: “While attending my teacher, I obtained the final phrase; I cannot refrain from bestowing it upon the assembly.” After a long pause, he added, “Who is one who does not keep company with the myriad dharmas? When you swallow all the water of the West River in a single gulp, I will tell you.” Having said this, he descended from the seat.
哈哈！号称“末后句”，奈后边拖泥带水何！ Ha ha! It is called the “final phrase,” yet how can it be so muddied by all that follows?
大慧宗杲禅师说：“要是我就不那么说。”那怎么说呀？这么说： Chan Master Dahui Zonggao said, “If it were I, I would not say it that way.” How, then, would he say it? Like this:
“我在老师会中，得个末后句，不免举似大众。”便下座。 “While attending my teacher, I obtained the final phrase; I cannot refrain from presenting it to the assembly.” He then descended from the seat.
大慧禅师活脱脱地演示出——末后无句。 Chan Master Dahui vividly demonstrates this: beyond the final phrase, there is no phrase.
并非无句便不能说，我们不是已经看到了么，大慧禅师就如是说。 It is not that there can be no speaking where there is no phrase. Have we not already seen it? Chan Master Dahui spoke precisely in this way.
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