Eihei Kōroku

師、住建仁寺、上堂云：「釋迦老子、二千年前、出興于世、開演一乘、直指人心、見性成佛。至今流傳、徧滿天下。山僧今日、不惜眉毛、爲諸人說破。」僧問：「如何是佛法的的大意。」師云：「雲門胡餅趙州茶。」

The master was residing at Jōnin Temple. He ascended the rostrum and declared: "Two thousand years ago, the old Śākyamuni appeared in this world, expounded the One Vehicle, and directly pointed to the human mind, enabling one to see one's nature and attain awakening. To this day, this teaching has spread and filled the universe. Today, this mountain monk, at the risk of losing his eyebrows, will reveal it for all of you." A monk asked: "What is the essential meaning of the Buddha's teaching?" The master replied: "Yunmen's flour cake, Zhàozhōu's tea."

上堂云：「諸佛出世、唯爲一大事因緣。一大事因緣者、即直指人心、見性成佛。若人識得心、大地無寸土。所以道、古人道、無邊剎境、自他不隔於毫端。十世古今、始終不離於當念。」

The Master ascended the rostrum and declared: "Buddhas appear in the world for one single great matter of cause and condition. This great matter of cause and condition is precisely to directly point to the human mind, see one's nature, and become a Buddha. If someone manages to recognize their own mind, the great earth does not have an inch of soil. This is why it is said, as expressed by the ancients: the boundless lands of the Buddha-realms, self and other are not separated by the thickness of a hair. The ten periods of past and present, beginning and end do not stray from the present moment."

上堂云：「道無南北、豈有東西。若也明得、本地風光、現成公案。若也不明、切忌道著。道著則頭角生。」乃云：「三界唯心、萬法唯識。所以道、心生種種法生、心滅種種法滅。諸人、還信得及麼。若信得及、可謂坐斷報化佛頭。」

The master ascended the rostrum and declared: "The Way has neither south nor north, how could it have east or west? If you manage to clarify it, the original landscape and the accomplished kōan reveal themselves. If you do not clarify it, be careful not to speak of it. For if you speak of it, horns will grow on your head." Then he continued: "The three realms are only mind, the ten thousand phenomena are only consciousness. This is why it is said: when the mind arises, all phenomena arise; when the mind ceases, all phenomena vanish. O assembly, can you attain conviction in this? If you succeed, one can say you have severed the heads of the reward and transformation Buddhas."

上堂、舉：「僧問雲門：『如何是塵塵三昧？』門云：『鉢裏飯、桶裏水。』師云：『雲門老人、得恁麼自在。若是山僧、即不然。如何是塵塵三昧？』乃云：『風來樹動、雨過山青。』」

During the ascent to the rostrum, it was cited: "A monk asked Yunmen: 'What is the samādhi within each dust mote?' Yunmen replied: 'Food in the bowl, water in the bucket.' The master said: 'Old Yunmen, how free he is! But if it were me, it would not be so. What is the samādhi within each dust mote?' Then he declared: 'The wind comes, the tree moves; the rain passes, the mountain turns green.'"

上堂云：「佛法在日用中、行住坐臥、折旋俯仰、無非是佛事。所以道、法法本來法、無法無非法。何故如此？一法若有、則有萬差。萬差若空、則一法亦無。諸人到這裏、合作麼生？」

The Master ascended the rostrum and declared: "The Buddha-Dharma resides in everyday activities; walking, standing, sitting, lying down, turning, bowing — none of these escape the activity of the Buddha. This is why it is said: 'All phenomena are originally the Dharma, there is neither Dharma nor non-Dharma.' For what reason is it so? If a single phenomenon exists, then ten thousand distinctions appear. If the ten thousand distinctions are empty, then a single phenomenon itself does not exist. Upon arriving at this point, how should all of you act?"